TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner physical violence against women in Kofale District, Ethiopia
JO  - Tropical doctor
A1  - Dibaba, Yohannes
SP  - 52
EP  - 54
VL  - 38
IS  - 1
N2  - Using a community-based cross-sectional survey, this study attempted to determine the prevalence and correlates of intimate partner physical violence against women in Kofale District, Ethiopia. The study showed that 52.6% of the respondents had experienced intimate partner physical violence in their lifetime and 30.2% in the 12 months before the survey. Witnessing family violence as a child, education, place of residence, parity, duration of the marriage, a tradition of marriage arrangement and the partners' use of alcohol were associated with intimate partner physical violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-4755
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/td.2007.060190
ID  - ref1
ER  -