Manipur University, Manipur, India.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Aug;37(15-16):NP13162-NP13181. doi: 10.1177/08862605211005133. Epub 2021 Mar 27.
Violence against women is now widely recognized as an important public health problem, owing to its health consequences. Domestic violence generally refers to violence against women that generally takes place in the matrimonial home, which includes physical, emotional, sexual as well as economical violence occurring in the adult relationship. Domestic violence has negative impact on the demographic outcome of a country or region, which includes the health and health seeking behavior of women. The present study is an attempt to investigate the socioeconomic factors that would significantly influence domestic violence in the northeastern region of India. The northeastern region of India comprises of eight states, including Manipur and Sikkim, which are reported having the highest and the least prevalence of domestic violence in the whole country according to NFHS-4. Considering these reports and having a different socioeconomic setup as compared to other states in the mainland India, we selected the region for the current study. Data from NFHS-4 conducted during 2015-16 is being employed for the present study. Findings show that education of women, wealth, women's working status, religion, parity of women, and husband's alcohol use are some of the significant covariates that might have influenced domestic violence. The overall prevalence of physical, emotional, sexual, and severe physical violence among women of northeastern India are 24.7%, 11.8%, 6.4%, and 5.3%, respectively. Logistic regression analysis computes the relative risks of categorical variables via the odds ratios. Those women who got higher education and are in upper wealth quintiles have less risk of experiencing domestic violence as compared to women in lower education and lower wealth quintile in northeastern India. There is no rural urban difference in experiencing domestic violence in the region.
针对女性的暴力行为如今已被广泛认为是一个严重的公共卫生问题，这是因为其对健康造成的影响。家庭暴力通常是指发生在婚姻家庭中的针对女性的暴力行为，包括在成人关系中发生的身体、情感、性和经济暴力。家庭暴力对一个国家或地区的人口状况有负面影响，包括妇女的健康和寻求健康的行为。本研究试图调查会显著影响印度东北部地区家庭暴力的社会经济因素。印度东北部地区由 8 个邦组成，包括曼尼普尔邦和锡金邦，根据 NFHS-4 的数据，这两个邦的家庭暴力发生率最高和最低。考虑到这些报告以及与印度大陆其他邦相比，该地区有不同的社会经济背景，我们选择该地区进行本次研究。本研究使用了 2015-16 年期间进行的 NFHS-4 数据。研究结果表明，妇女的教育程度、财富、妇女的工作状况、宗教、妇女的生育次数以及丈夫的饮酒情况等都是可能影响家庭暴力的重要协变量。印度东北部地区妇女遭受身体暴力、情感暴力、性暴力和严重身体暴力的总体比例分别为 24.7%、11.8%、6.4%和 5.3%。逻辑回归分析通过优势比计算分类变量的相对风险。与教育程度较低、财富水平较低的妇女相比，接受高等教育和处于较高财富五分位数的妇女在印度东北部地区经历家庭暴力的风险较低。该地区农村和城市在经历家庭暴力方面没有差异。
