Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India
Introduction: Domestic Violence against women is still an unsolved issue in India, though, it is an important public health problem contributing to physical, mental illness and low quality of life. Aim: The study was undertaken with the aim to estimate the prevalence of domestic violence against ev...
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| description | Introduction: Domestic Violence against women is still an unsolved issue in India, though, it is an important public health problem contributing to physical, mental illness and low quality of life.
Aim: The study was undertaken with the aim to estimate the prevalence of domestic violence against ever married women in an urban slum and the associated factors contributing to it. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study had been conducted among 430 ever married women of reproductive age group, selected using a systematic random sampling technique in an urban slum of Kolkata. Interviews were conducted using pre-designed, pre-tested semi structured schedule regarding their socio-demographic characteristics, violence experienced by the subjects in their lifetime, type of violence (physical, emotional and sexual violence) and the person responsible for the same. Data were entered and analysed using SPSS 20.0 version.
Results: The overall prevalence of any form of violence in the study population as a whole was (59.3%). The prevalence of physical, emotional, sexual violence was 61.6%, 84.3%and 58.8%, respectively. The occurrence of the event was reported by only 33.1% of the victims. Multivariate analysis revealed violence was higher among women belonging to families with low per capita income (< Rs 3138 per month), with higher spousal age difference (>6 years), low educational background of husband, not able to bear a male child, unemployment amongst both the spouses, leave the household on any pretext without prior permission from husband and where the wives did not attend household activities properly.
Conclusion: The prevalence of domestic violence in urban slum of Kolkata was high which is an alarming public health problem which needs to be addressed at the earliest through awareness programmes and empowerment of women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e12387fe2404d7e9a30648e5ef461ff2022-12-22T02:19:09ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research0973-709X2249-782X2017-10-011110LC01LC0410.7860/JCDR/2017/27386.10750Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, IndiaJayita Pal0Tanjib Hassan Mullick1Shamshad Ahmad2Ashish Kumar Yadav3Tutor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, India.Tutor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR, ESIC Medical College, Joka, Kolkata, India.Introduction: Domestic Violence against women is still an unsolved issue in India, though, it is an important public health problem contributing to physical, mental illness and low quality of life. Aim: The study was undertaken with the aim to estimate the prevalence of domestic violence against ever married women in an urban slum and the associated factors contributing to it. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study had been conducted among 430 ever married women of reproductive age group, selected using a systematic random sampling technique in an urban slum of Kolkata. Interviews were conducted using pre-designed, pre-tested semi structured schedule regarding their socio-demographic characteristics, violence experienced by the subjects in their lifetime, type of violence (physical, emotional and sexual violence) and the person responsible for the same. Data were entered and analysed using SPSS 20.0 version. Results: The overall prevalence of any form of violence in the study population as a whole was (59.3%). The prevalence of physical, emotional, sexual violence was 61.6%, 84.3%and 58.8%, respectively. The occurrence of the event was reported by only 33.1% of the victims. Multivariate analysis revealed violence was higher among women belonging to families with low per capita income (< Rs 3138 per month), with higher spousal age difference (>6 years), low educational background of husband, not able to bear a male child, unemployment amongst both the spouses, leave the household on any pretext without prior permission from husband and where the wives did not attend household activities properly. Conclusion: The prevalence of domestic violence in urban slum of Kolkata was high which is an alarming public health problem which needs to be addressed at the earliest through awareness programmes and empowerment of women.http://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10750/27386_180917_27386_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(AA_SS)_PFA(PG_AP).pdfFemalePoverty areasSpousal abuse |
| spellingShingle | Jayita Pal Tanjib Hassan Mullick Shamshad Ahmad Ashish Kumar Yadav Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research Female Poverty areas Spousal abuse |
| title | Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India |
| title_full | Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India |
| title_fullStr | Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India |
| title_short | Domestic Violence against Women – An Unsolved Issue: A Community Based Study in an Urban Slum of Kolkata, India |
| title_sort | domestic violence against women an unsolved issue a community based study in an urban slum of kolkata india |
| topic | Female Poverty areas Spousal abuse |
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