Press Releases
Title: | Parental violence and husbands' alcohol use are major indicators of domestic violence, global report finds |
Press Release Date: | 01/23/2009 |
Body: | Calverton, MD – A family history of domestic violence and husbands’ alcohol use increase the risk that women will be abused by their husbands or partners, according to a new study from Demographic and Health surveys in 10 countries. The study found that women are significantly more likely to experience intimate partner violence if their husbands or partners got drunk very often compared to women whose partners never drank alcohol or never got drunk. Similarly, women who saw their fathers beat their mothers are significantly more likely themselves to be abused than women who did not see violence between their parents. Worldwide, domestic violence is disturbingly common, even among women with neither of these risk factors, the new study reports. |
Abstract: | Calverton, MD – A family history of domestic violence and husbands’ alcohol use increase the risk that women will be abused by their husbands or partners, according to a new study from Demographic and Health surveys in 10 countries. The study found that women are significantly more likely to experience intimate partner violence if their husbands or partners got drunk very often compared to women whose partners never drank alcohol or never got drunk. |