Prevalence and risk factors of gender-based violence committed by male college students in awassa, ethiopia

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-136

  Philpart, Marc ^a   Goshu, Miruts ^b   Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Williams, Michelle A ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

College students; Ethiopia; Gender based violence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849139066     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.1.122     Document Type: Article

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