TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Violence against women in Hong Kong: Results of the International Violence Against Women Survey
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Bouhours, Brigitte
A1  - Broadhurst, Roderic
SP  - 1311
EP  - 1329
VL  - 21
IS  - 11
N2  - In Hong Kong, nearly 1,300 women participated by telephone in the International Violence Against Women Survey in 2006. One in five respondents had experienced violence since age 16. Sexual violence (13.4%) was more frequent than physical violence (11.7%). Women were more likely to be abused by men they knew (13.5%) than by strangers (8%). Compared with other surveyed countries, Hong Kong recorded among the lowest rates of violence by both intimate partners and non-partners. These results suggest that cultural influences linked to the interaction of modernization and some protective factors found in the adherence to traditional Chinese values are relevant.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801215593646
ID  - ref1
ER  -