@article{ref1,
title="An assessment of the association between asset ownership and intimate partner violence in Pakistan",
journal="Public health",
year="2017",
author="Murshid, N. S.",
volume="150",
number="",
pages="1-8",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the association between women's reports of asset ownership (home and land) and experience of three types of intimate partner violence (IPV): physical violence, emotional violence, and husbands' controlling behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: Population-based secondary analysis. <br><br>METHOD: This cross-sectional study used data from a sub-sample of 658 women from the nationally representative Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the association between asset ownership and IPV. <br><br>RESULTS: Results from logistic regressions indicated that when women owned assets their husbands were 2.3 times more likely to use controlling tactics (P < 0.001) which was mitigated only when women had a say in household decisions. Physical or emotional violence, however, was not significantly associated with women's asset ownership. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The study findings highlight the importance of culture and context in policy implementation.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3506",
doi="10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.004"
}