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24.08.2016 | Original Article

How do area-level socioeconomic status and gender norms affect partner violence against women? Evidence from Tanzania

verfasst von: Seema Vyas, Lori Heise

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 8/2016

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Abstract

Objectives

To explore how area-level socioeconomic status and gender-related norms influence partner violence against women in Tanzania.

Methods

We analysed data from the 2010 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and used multilevel logistic regression to estimate individual and community-level effects on women’s risk of current partner violence.

Results

Prevalence of current partner violence was 36.1 %; however, variation in prevalence exists across communities. Twenty-nine percent of the variation in the logodds of partner violence is due to community-level influences. When adjusting for individual-level characteristics, this variation falls to 10 % and falls further to 8 % when adjusting for additional community-level factors. Higher levels of women’s acceptance towards wife beating, male unemployment, and years of schooling among men were associated with higher risk of partner violence; however, higher levels of women in paid work were associated with lower risk.

Conclusions

Area-level poverty and inequitable gender norms were associated with higher risk of partner violence. Empowerment strategies along with addressing social attitudes are likely to achieve reductions in rates of partner violence against women in Tanzania and in other similar low-income country settings.

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Titel: How do area-level socioeconomic status and gender norms affect partner violence against women? Evidence from Tanzania
verfasst von: Seema Vyas
Lori Heise
Publikationsdatum: 24.08.2016
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 8/2016
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0876-y

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