Violence against women in different stages of the life cycle in Brazil: an exploratory study.
The aim of this study was to describe the profile of violence against women in different life cycles, according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders.
A cross-sectional and exploratory study was performed based on 1,388 police reports during a four-year period, in a metropolitan area of Northeast Brazil. The dependent variable was the type of aggression suffered by the victims. The independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders. Statistical analysis included the χ2 test (p < 0.05) and the decision tree analysis, through the Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) algorithm.
Cases of physical abuse (n = 644) were the most common, followed by threat (n = 415) and verbal aggression (n = 285). The violence profiles could be explained by the relationship between victims and offenders (p < 0.001) and age of the victims (p = 0.026 in Node 1; p = 0.019 in Node 3).
It was observed that women in different stages of life are more exposed to different types of violence.
Departamento de Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - Campina Grande (PB), Brasil.
Ítalo de Macedo
ÍM
Bernardino
Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.
Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega
KG
Barbosa
Departamento de Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - Campina Grande (PB), Brasil.
Lorena Marques da
LM
Nóbrega
Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.
Gigliana Maria Sobral
GM
Cavalcante
Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.
Efigênia Ferreira E
EF
Ferreira
Departamento de Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - Campina Grande (PB), Brasil.
Sérgio
S
d'Avila
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D000074386:Gender-Based Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000066550:Physical Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult