The independent contribution of individual-, neighbourhood-, and country-level socioeconomic position on attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel model of direct and moderating effects

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1801-1809

  Uthman, Olalekan Abdulrahman ^a,b,c   Moradi, Tahereh ^a   Lawoko, Stephen ^a  

^a Division Social Medicine   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Evidence Based Global Health Nigeria   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Gender multilevel analysis; Intimate partner violence; Neighbourhood; Socioeconomic position; Sub Saharan Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 65249155983     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.045     Document Type: Article

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