Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women's risk of intimate partner violence?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1172-1179

  Kiss, Ligia ^a   Schraiber, Lilia Blima ^b   Heise, Lori ^a   Zimmerman, Cathy ^a   Gouveia, Nelson ^b   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Developing countries; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Multilevel analysis; Neighbourhoods; Poverty; Socioeconomic factors; Women

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER DISPARITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLYGAMY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84858618099     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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