Intimate partner violence in urban Pakistan: Prevalence, frequency, and risk factors

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-115

  Ali, Tazeen S ^a,b   Asad, Nargis ^a   Mogren, Ingrid ^c   Krantz, Gunilla ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Frequency; Gender inequality; Intimate partner violence; Pakistan; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIED WOMAN; OFFENDER; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79952820563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S17016     Document Type: Article

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