Small area estimation of gender-based violence: rape incidence risks in Uttar Pradesh, India

Violence against women is considered an endemic problem in communities and countries around the world, and it has been declared an issue of epidemic proportions by the World Health Organization (WHO). In India, where the patriarchal nature of the country contributes to increasing violence against wo...

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Autores: Vicente Fuenzalida, Gonzalo, Goicoa Mangado, Tomás, Puranik, A, Ugarte Martínez, María Dolores
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/33237
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/33237
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Small area estimation
Gender-based violence
Rape incidence
Spatio-temporal
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Sumario:Violence against women is considered an endemic problem in communities and countries around the world, and it has been declared an issue of epidemic proportions by the World Health Organization (WHO). In India, where the patriarchal nature of the country contributes to increasing violence against women, there has been a dramatic increase of this gender-based violence in the past decades. In this paper we focus on analyzing rape incidence risks in the most populous state of India. In particular, small area models including spatial, temporal, and spatio-temporal components are used to estimate rape incidence risks in the districts of Uttar Pradesh during the period 2001-2014. We discover interesting spatio-temporal patterns of rape incidence as well as point out districts with significant high risks.