Domestic Violence Among Married Women

Violence against women can be addressed through a fundamental rights lens. It is a violation of human dignity and, in its worst form; it violates the right to life. A descriptive study was carried out among 30 married women, at a selected hospital in Varanasi. Participants were selected through convenient sampling. Data was collected through interview, by using Socio demographic proforma and structured domestic violence questionnaire. The result showed that the overall prevalence of domestic violence among women was 23(76.7%). Although, there was no correlation between domestic violence and Expenditure, Disability, Burden, Duration of illness. Domestic violence was higher amongst the group of middle educated and house maker women in area of Uttar Pradesh. 30% of the sample belonged to diagnostic category of schizophrenia. This was followed by Depression in nearly 16.7%. Most of the cases, 86.7% precipitating factor were present and 60% cases past mental illness was absent, so effective actions should be taken to stop Domestic Violence at no time.