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Citation

Obi SN, Ozumba BC. J. Obstet. Gynaecol. 2007; 27(1): 75-78.

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu. Nigeria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01443610601056509

PMID

17365465

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey was carried out at two tertiary health institutions in south-east Nigeria from 1 January 2005 to 31 March 2005 to determine the factors associated with domestic violence (DV). The study group comprised of 600 consecutive men seen at the General Outpatient department of the two hospitals during the study period. More than two-thirds (70%) of respondents reported abuse in their family, with 92% (n = 385) of the victims being female partners and the remaining 8% (n = 35) male. DV was significantly associated with lower social class, alcohol consumption, increasing age disparity between couples and spouse unemployment (p < 0.05). The male victims of DV are associated with financial disparity in favour of the female, influential in-laws, educated women and couples within the same age group. The most common form of abuse was shouting at partner (93%), slapping or pushing (77%) and punching or kicking (46%). A total of 348 (83%) respondents reported physical abuse. Only one-fifth (21%) of the abuse occurred during pregnancy and financial constraints was the major reason. There was gross under-reporting (8.1%) of DV because of cultural factors, embarrassment and the repercussions that follow such reports.


Language: en

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