Collecting reliable information about violence against women safely in household interviews: Experience from a large-scale national survey in South Asia

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-496

  Andersson, Neil ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b   Ansari, Noor ^a   Omer, Khalid ^a   Chaudhry, Ubaid Ullah ^a   Khan, Amir ^c   Pearson, Luwei ^d  

^a CIET Mexico ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Household survey; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549157102     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208331063     Document Type: Article

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