Religion and intimate partner violence in Chile: Macro- and micro-level influences

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-643

  Lehrer, Evelyn L ^a,b   Lehrer, Vivian L ^c   Krauss, Ramona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c Urban Justice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating violence; Intimate partner violence; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

CATHOLICISM; CHILE; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149111915     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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