Barriers to disclosing and reporting violence among women in pakistan: Findings from a national household survey and focus group discussions

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1965-1985

  Andersson, Neil ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b,c   Ansari, Umaira ^b   Omer, Khalid ^b   Ansari, Noor M ^b   Khan, Amir ^b   Chaudhry, Ubaid Ullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^b House   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Pakistan; reporting; violence against women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WOMEN;

EID: 77957266689     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354512     Document Type: Article

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