Social indicators and physical abuse of women by intimate partners: A study of women in Zambia

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Okenwa, Leah ^a   Lawoko, S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DHS surveys; Intimate partner; Physical abuse; Social status; Women; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77951644762     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.2.278     Document Type: Article

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