Community Economic Status and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Compositional or Contextual Effects?

Violence Against Women

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 679-699

  VanderEnde, Kristin E ^a   Sibley, Lynn M ^a   Cheong, Yuk Fai ^a   Naved, Ruchira Tabassum ^b   Yount, Kathryn M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; communities; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMEN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930713739     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801215576938     Document Type: Article

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