Cruz J M
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, Instituto Universitario de Opinión Pública, San Salvador.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 1999 Apr-May;5(4-5):259-67.
This article looks at eight cities in Latin America and Spain and compares the chances of and variables associated with being a victim of various kinds of urban violence. The analysis was done using data from the ACTIVA Multicenter Study, which was coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization in 1996. The study sample consisted of 10,821 persons who were representative of residents between the ages of 18 and 70 in eight metropolitan areas of Latin America and Spain: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Salvador, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Cali, Colombia; San José, Costa Rica; San Salvador, El Salvador; Caracas, Venezuela; and Madrid, Spain. The results show that the likelihood of being a victim of different types of violence varies from city to city. The variables associated with a greater likelihood of being a victim in most--though not all--of the cities are sex, age, and consumption of alcohol.
本文考察了拉丁美洲和西班牙的八个城市，并比较了遭受各类城市暴力侵害的可能性及相关变量。分析使用了1996年由泛美卫生组织协调开展的ACTIVA多中心研究的数据。研究样本包括10821人，他们代表了拉丁美洲和西班牙八个大都市地区18至70岁的居民：巴西里约热内卢；巴西萨尔瓦多；智利圣地亚哥；哥伦比亚卡利；哥斯达黎加圣何塞；萨尔瓦多圣萨尔瓦多；委内瑞拉加拉加斯；以及西班牙马德里。结果表明，不同类型暴力侵害的受害者可能性因城市而异。在大多数（尽管不是所有）城市中，与成为受害者可能性较高相关的变量是性别、年龄和饮酒情况。
