Factors associated with attitudes toward intimate partner violence: A study of women in Zambia

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 645-656

  Lawoko, Stephen ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward violence; Intimate partner violence; Predictors; Women; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33748938410     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.21.5.645     Document Type: Article

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