title: Identifying sociodemographic differences in Intimate Partner Violence among immigrant and native women in Spain: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze whether sociodemographics and social support have a different or similar effect on the likelihood of Intimate Partner Violence in immigrants and natives, and to estimate prevalences and associations between different types of IPV depending on women's birthplace.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study of 10,048 women (18-70 years) attending primary healthcare in Spain (2006-2007).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Current Intimate Partner Violence (psychological, physical and both). Sociodemographics and social support were considered first as explicative and later as control variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Similar Intimate Partner Violence sociodemographic and social support factors were observed among immigrants and natives. However, these associations were stronger among immigrants, except in the case of poor social support (adjusted odds ratio natives 4.36 and adjusted odds ratio immigrants 4.09). When these two groups were compared, immigrants showed a higher likelihood of IPV than natives (adjusted odds ratios 1.58).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Immigrant women are in a disadvantaged Intimate Partner Violence situation. It is necessary that interventions take these inequalities into account.
authors.affiliation: Alicante University, 03080 San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), Spain. carmen.vives@ua.es
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vives-Cases
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gil-González
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Pérez
authors.forename: Vicenta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Escribà-Agüir
authors.forename: Juncal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plazaola-Castaño
authors.forename: Maria Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Montero-Piñar
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torrubiano-Domínguez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012923:Social Class; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult