TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The COVID-19 pandemic, socioeconomic effects, and intimate partner violence against women: a population-based cohort study in 2020, Iran
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Fereidooni, Reza
A1  - Mootz, Jennifer
A1  - Sabaei, Rasoul
A1  - Khoshnood, Kaveh
A1  - Heydari, Seyed Taghi
A1  - Moradian, Mohammad Javad
A1  - Taherifard, Erfan
A1  - Nasirian, Maryam
A1  - Molavi Vardanjani, Hossein
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVEs. To investigate the prevalence, pattern, and socioeconomic risk factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) before and 6 months after the pandemic onset among a cohort of Iranian women. <br><br>METHODS. We conducted a population-based IPV survey among 2502 partnered Iranian women aged 18 to 60 years before (n = 2502) and 6 months after (n=2116) the pandemic's onset. We estimated prevalence and incidence of psychological, physical, and sexual IPV, and the odds of different forms of IPV associated with main exposure variables, adjusted for participant relationship factors. <br><br>RESULTS. Pandemic prevalence of IPV (65.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 63.4%, 67.4%) was higher than prepandemic prevalence (54.2%; 95% CI = 52.2%, 56.3%). At follow-up, the incidence of IPV was 25.5% (95% CI = 22.9%, 28.4%). The highest incidence was in cases of physical and sexual IPV. Women whose partners lost their employment were at significant risk of new exposure to IPV. Highest socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with less physical IPV (odds ratio = 0.03; 95% CI = 0.01, 0.14). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. IPV prevalence has risen since the COVID-19 epidemic began with many women who had never experienced IPV now facing it. Unemployment of women or their partners and prepandemic lower socioeconomic status are risk factors of IPV. Monitoring programs should target these populations. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print October 27, 2022:e1-e10. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306839).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306839
ID  - ref1
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