Empowerment, partner's behaviours and intimate partner physical violence among married women in Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kwagala, Betty ^a   Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo ^a   Ndugga, Patricia ^a   Kabagenyi, Allen ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Controlling behaviours; Decision making; Intimate partner violence; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888327509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1112     Document Type: Article

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