Jansen Natalie A, Agadjanian Victor
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Fam Issues. 2020 Mar;41(3):338-358. doi: 10.1177/0192513x19876075. Epub 2019 Sep 17.
Polygyny has shown a positive association with intimate partner violence (IPV), yet the nature and mechanisms of this association are not well understood. This study uses data from rural Mozambique to distinguish women in polygynous unions by rank and co-residence. Findings show that senior wives report higher rates of violence than their junior-wife and monogamously married counterparts. At the same time, no difference is detected between junior wives and women in monogamous marriages. Additionally, the analysis finds that polygynously married women living away from their co-wives report higher rates of violence than both women co-residing with co-wives and women in monogamous unions, while the difference between the latter two categories is not statistically significant. However, the results also indicate that senior wives living away from their co-wives face particularly high risks of violence. These findings illustrate the social complexity of polygynous marriages and resulting differential vulnerabilities of women in them.
一夫多妻制已显示出与亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）呈正相关，但这种关联的性质和机制尚未得到充分理解。本研究使用来自莫桑比克农村的数据，按等级和共同居住情况区分一夫多妻制婚姻中的女性。研究结果表明，高级妻子报告的暴力发生率高于她们的初级妻子和一夫一妻制婚姻中的妻子。与此同时，初级妻子和一夫一妻制婚姻中的女性之间未发现差异。此外，分析发现，与共同妻子不住在一起的一夫多妻制婚姻中的女性报告的暴力发生率高于与共同妻子住在一起的女性和一夫一妻制婚姻中的女性，而后两类女性之间的差异在统计学上不显著。然而，结果还表明，与共同妻子不住在一起的高级妻子面临着特别高的暴力风险。这些发现说明了一夫多妻制婚姻的社会复杂性以及其中女性由此产生的不同脆弱性。
