Citation

Bhuiya A, Sharmin T, Hanifi SM. J. Health Popul. Nutr. 2003; 21(1): 48-54.

Affiliation

Social and Behavioural Sciences Unit, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. abbas@icddrb.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; Centre for Health and Population Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12751674

Abstract

This paper reports finding from a study carried out in a remote rural area of Bangladesh during December 2000. Nineteen key informants were interviewed for collecting data on domestic violence against women. Each key informant provided information about 10 closest neighbouring ever-married women covering a total of 190 women. The questionnaire included information about frequency of physical violence, verbal abuse, and other relevant information, including background characteristics of the women and their husbands. 50.5% of the women were reported to be battered by their husbands and 2.1% by other family members. Beating by the husband was negatively related with age of husband: the odds of beating among women with husbands aged less than 30 years were six times of those with husbands aged 50 years or more. Members of micro-credit societies also had higher odds of being beaten than non-members. The paper discusses the possibility of community-centred interventions by raising awareness about the violation of human rights issues and other legal and psychological consequences to prevent domestic violence against women.

Language: en