Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence towards female students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Umana, Joseph E ^a,b   Fawole, Olufunmilayo I ^a   Adeoye, Ikeola A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Experience of violence; Intimate partner violence; Perpetration of violence; University female students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928677451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-131     Document Type: Article

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