Intimate partner violence against women and the Nordic paradox

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-30

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   Merlo, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Individual heterogeneity; Intimate partner violence; Multilevel analysis; Nordic countries; Prevalence; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

SCANDINAVIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84962468372     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.040     Document Type: Article

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