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This study is aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern ofdomestic violence against women and to identify the factors influencing thedomestic violence. Cross sectional data from married women aged I5 yearsand above from rural and urban slum areas were collected for thequantitative analysis. 'I`he study also conducted qualitative analysis withfinding obtained from selective focus group discussions. Findings from thestudy indicated that more than half of the women studied experienceddomestic violence The highest type of violence experienced by thesewomen was psychological violence and the highest percentage in form ofabuse was verbal abuse such as name calling, classified as bad girl/women,criticized, false allegation, trying to be murdered, undermining, andthreaten to be divorced. Husbands were the highest percentage as abusers,and the highest reason to abuse was due to household matters i.e. did notwork as instructed. The quantitative analysis revealed that age,socioeconomic condition, type of family, and marital satisfaction wassignificantly associated with domestic violence. This study suggested thatmedia campaign is one way to educate the community about health andsocial consequences of domestic violence, and create awareness andprevent domestic violence on women. |
