Teaching and Learning Unit, College of Law and Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
The Graduate School, University of West London, London, UK.
Cult Health Sex. 2021 Jul;23(7):927-944. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1743880. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
Intimate partner violence is a persistent social problem in Zimbabwe and has been linked to patriarchal attitudes that promote the superiority of men in marital relationships while denying women agency. Using 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey data, we examined the influence of female autonomy on intimate partner violence. Our analysis was restricted to 2847 women who were in some form of sexual union. Consistent with earlier studies, our results show that more than 40% of the women had experienced some form of intimate partner violence. The most prevalent form of intimate partner violence was emotional violence, followed by physical violence and sexual violence. Low levels of economic autonomy and supportive attitudes towards wife-beating increased the risk of intimate partner violence, while late marriage reduced the risk of all forms of intimate partner violence. Findings provide a basis for interventions that may increase economic control and improve decision making for women, although the association between economic violence and economic decision making requires further research that examines the possibility of reverse causality.
亲密伴侣暴力是津巴布韦长期存在的社会问题，与男尊女卑的家长制态度有关，这种态度在婚姻关系中鼓吹男性的优越地位，同时剥夺了女性的自主权。本文利用 2015 年津巴布韦人口与健康调查数据，研究了女性自主权对亲密伴侣暴力的影响。我们的分析仅限于 2847 名处于某种形式性伴侣关系的女性。与早期研究一致，我们的结果表明，超过 40%的女性曾经历过某种形式的亲密伴侣暴力。最常见的亲密伴侣暴力形式是情感暴力，其次是身体暴力和性暴力。经济自主权水平低和对打老婆持支持态度会增加亲密伴侣暴力的风险，而晚婚则会降低所有形式亲密伴侣暴力的风险。研究结果为干预措施提供了依据，这些干预措施可能会增加女性的经济控制和改善其决策能力，尽管经济暴力与经济决策之间的关联需要进一步研究，以检验反向因果关系的可能性。
