TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Violence against women in different stages of the life cycle in Brazil: an exploratory study
JO  - Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
A1  - Bernardino, Ítalo de Macedo
A1  - Barbosa, Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega
A1  - Nóbrega, Lorena Marques da
A1  - Cavalcante, Gigliana Maria Sobral
A1  - Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira E.
A1  - d'Ávila, Sérgio
SP  - 740
EP  - 752
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE:: The aim of this study was to describe the profile of violence against women in different life cycles, according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders. <br><br>METHODS:: A cross-sectional and exploratory study was performed based on 1,388 police reports during a four-year period, in a metropolitan area of Northeast Brazil. The dependent variable was the type of aggression suffered by the victims. The independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders. Statistical analysis included the  METHODS:: χ2 test (p  METHODS:: < METHODS::  0.05) and the decision tree analysis, through the Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) algorithm. <br><br>RESULTS:: Cases of physical abuse (n = 644) were the most common, followed by threat (n = 415) and verbal aggression (n = 285). The violence profiles could be explained by the relationship between victims and offenders (p  RESULTS:: < RESULTS::  0.001) and age of the victims (p = 0.026 in Node 1; p = 0.019 in Node 3). <br><br>CONCLUSION:: It was observed that women in different stages of life are more exposed to different types of violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1415-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5497201600040005
ID  - ref1
ER  -