Social inequalities in intimate partner violence: A study of women in Kenya

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 773-784

  Lawoko, Stephen ^a,c   Dalal, Koustuv ^a   Jiayou, Luo ^b   Jansson, Bjarne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Kenya; Social inequality; Women

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLYGAMY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 37348999908     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007782793101     Document Type: Article

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