Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 Aug;35(15-16):2732-2753. doi: 10.1177/0886260517703375. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
Acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV) is both a barrier to its reduction and a strong predictor of prevalence. This study examines whether lineage and AIDS conversation networks impact acceptance of IPV among men and women in rural Malawi. The sample consists of 4,422 male and female respondents from the 2001, 2004, and 2006 waves of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH). The longitudinal nature of the data enables us to use not only random effects models in the empirical analysis, but also fixed effects models, which help alleviate omitted variable bias. Our findings suggest that in the patrilineal Northern Region of Malawi, AIDS conversation networks may be conducive toward reducing acceptance of IPV. However, AIDS conversation networks may reinforce violent norms in the Central Region of Malawi as men with larger AIDS conversation networks are more accepting of IPV. These findings imply there may be an opportunity to incorporate network-based policies to reduce IPV, and lineage may be an important consideration in forming policies to alleviate IPV. In addition, we find a relatively strong age-acceptance gradient, with younger, never-married individuals being less accepting of IPV than older, married individuals. This finding may help inform intervention targeting as older, married women in Malawi may be at a higher risk of IPV.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的接受既是减少这种暴力的障碍，也是其普遍存在的一个强有力的预测因素。本研究考察了亲属关系和艾滋病对话网络是否会影响马拉维农村地区男性和女性对 IPV 的接受程度。该样本由来自 2001 年、2004 年和 2006 年马拉维家庭和健康纵向研究（MLSFH）的 4422 名男性和女性受访者组成。数据的纵向性质使我们不仅能够在实证分析中使用随机效应模型，还能够使用固定效应模型，这有助于减轻遗漏变量偏差。我们的研究结果表明，在马拉维北部的父系亲属关系地区，艾滋病对话网络可能有助于减少对 IPV 的接受程度。然而，在马拉维中部地区，艾滋病对话网络可能会强化暴力规范，因为拥有更大艾滋病对话网络的男性更能接受 IPV。这些发现意味着，也许有机会采用基于网络的政策来减少 IPV，而亲属关系可能是制定减轻 IPV 政策的一个重要考虑因素。此外，我们发现了一个相对较强的年龄接受梯度，即年轻、未婚的个体比年长、已婚的个体更不容易接受 IPV。这一发现可能有助于为干预目标提供信息，因为马拉维年长、已婚的女性可能面临更高的 IPV 风险。
