title: Community economic status and intimate partner violence against women in bangladesh: compositional or contextual effects?
abstract: In this research, we used a multi-level contextual-effects analysis to disentangle the household- and community-level associations between income and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Bangladesh. Our analyses of data from 2,668 women interviewed as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women showed that household income was negatively associated with women's risk of experiencing IPV. Controlling for residence in a low-income household, living in a low-income community was not associated with women's risk of experiencing IPV. These results support a household-level, not community-level, relationship between income and IPV in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA kristin.vanderende@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kristin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: VanderEnde
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sibley
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Yuk Fai
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Ruchira Tabassum
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Naved
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yount
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012923:Social Class; D016387:Women's Health / Q000191:economics; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bangladesh; communities; intimate partner violence