1Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, MVJ Medical College, Bangalore, India
2Associate Professor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, India
*Corresponding author: Vaishali Gaikwad, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, MVJ Medical College & RH, Dandupalya, Kolathur Post, Hosakote, Bangalore Rural 562114. Phone No- 9886838991, Email: drvbg@yahoo.com
Online published on 23 January, 2014.
Gender-based violence is universal, differing only in scope from one society to the other. The most common form of violence against women is domestic violence or violence within families.
1.To study the prevalence and different forms of domestic violence perpetrated by intimate partner against married women.2.To study socio economic and demographic factors which affect the victimization of woman for domestic violence.
Total 548 currently married women in the reproductive age group (15–45 yrs) were interviewed by systematic random sampling with prior consent using a well designed, pre- tested questionnaire. The questionnaire addressed both current and past episodes of domestic violence within one year. The data was analyzed by percentages and chi-square test.
Prevalence of domestic violence was found to be 36.86% in the study group. Verbal abuse was reported by 33.21% of the women, Physical abuse by 26.82% of the women,Psychological abuse by 12.59% of the women and Sexual abuse by 24.64% of the women. Among the 202 victimized women none of them reported to the police.
The vulnerability to domestic violence was found significantly associated with age education of women and husband, employment status, duration of marriage and addiction of husband to alcohol.
Abuse, Domestic Violence, Physical Abuse, Victimization
