@article{ref1,
title="Domestic violence and consanguineous marriages - perspective from Rawalpindi, Pakistan",
journal="Eastern Mediterranean health journal",
year="2014",
author="Shaikh, M. Ali and Kayani, A. and Shaikh, I. Ali",
volume="19",
number="Suppl 3",
pages="S204-S207",
abstract="Domestic violence is globally endemic and adversely impacts the health and economic well-being of women and society. This study used the standardized and validated assessment instrument &quot;Woman Abuse Screening Tool&quot; to study the prevalence of various forms of domestic violence among married women. The relationship between domestic violence and consanguineous marriage was studied using the chi-squared test. Cumulatively, 1010 married women were interviewed. Emotional abuse was the most commonly reported abuse, reported by 721 (71.4%) women as either often or sometimes, followed by sexual abuse and physical abuse, reported by 527 (52.2%) and 511 (50.6%) respectively. Being married to one's cousin did not protect married women from being abused either emotionally or physically by their husbands; thsi was statistically significant. There is a need for better understanding of the magnitude and scale of domestic violence in Pakistan by using standardized assessment tools for meaningful comparisons across different parts of the country over time.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1020-3397",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}