Profiling Domestic Violence; A Multi-Country Study (English)

Document Type

Other Documents

Publication Topic(s)

Domestic Violence, Gender

Country(s)

Zambia, Egypt, Cambodia, India, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru

Language

English

Author(s)

Sunita Kishor and Kiersten Johnson of ORC Macro, MEASURE DHS+, Calverton, Maryland, USA

Publication Date

June 2004

Publication ID

OD31

Abstract:

This study uses household and individual-level data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program to examine the prevalence and correlates of domestic violence and the health consequences of domestic violence for women and their children. Nationally representative data from nine countries—Cambodia (2000), Colombia (2000), the Dominican Republic (2002), Egypt (1995), Haiti (2000), India (1998-1999), Nicaragua (1998), Peru (2000), and Zambia (2001-2002)—are analyzed within a comparative framework to provide a multifaceted analysis of the phenomenon of domestic violence.