Gender Based Violence: Correlates of Physical and Sexual Wife Abuse in Kenya

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-342

  Kimuna, Sitawa R ^a   Djamba, Yanyi K ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Domestic violence; Kenya; Physical; Sexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049169880     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9156-9     Document Type: Article

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