The incidence of wife abuse and battering and some sociodemographic correlates as revealed by two national surveys in Palestinian society

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-374

  Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab societies; Domestic violence; Palestinian society; Sociodemographic correlates of wife abuse and battering; Wife abuse and battering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034355751     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007554229592     Document Type: Article

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