@article{ref1,
title="Formal and informal services used by women who suffer intimate partner violence in Spain",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2023",
author="Carmona-Torres, Juan Manuel and Rodríguez-Borrego, María Aurora and Rodríguez-Muñoz, Pedro Manuel and Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel and Laredo-Aguilera, José Alberto and López-Soto, Pablo Jesús",
volume="38",
number="3",
pages="358-374",
abstract="Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health problem. Female victims of IPV do not always use the institutional resources available to them. We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from the Spanish 2014 Macro-Survey on Violence Against Women. The findings show that 15% of the survey participants suffered from IPV in the last year. The factors associated with a higher probability of suffering IPV are being of non-Spanish nationality, being a student, having a low-educational level, having no income, being the household head, and not having a current partner. Regarding the resources used by women subjected to IPV, almost half resorted to informal sources, such as female friends and/or their own mothers. The use of formal resources was low. Therefore, IPV continues to be a problem in Spain that seems to remain in the private domain. Consequently, it is necessary to increase the availability of and access to legal resources.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-2022-0026",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-2022-0026"
}