Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe

BACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychologica...

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Autores: Sanz-Barbero, Belén, López Pereira, Patricia, Barrio, Gregorio, Vives-Cases, Carmen
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Europe
Female
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevalence
Risk Factors
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spelling Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in EuropeSanz-Barbero, BelénLópez Pereira, PatriciaBarrio, GregorioVives-Cases, CarmenAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEuropeFemaleHumansIntimate Partner ViolencePrevalenceRisk FactorsBACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychological-only IPV among young women in the European Union and to identify individual and contextual associated risk factors. METHODS: We analysed a cross-sectional subsample of 5976 ever-partnered women aged 18-29 years from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Violence Against Women Survey, 2012. The main outcomes were current physical and/or sexual IPV and lifetime psychological-only IPV. Risk factors were assessed by the prevalence ratio (PR) from multilevel Poisson regression models. RESULTS: Current prevalence of physical and/or sexual IPV was 6.1%, lifetime prevalence of psychological-only IPV was 28.7%. Having suffered physical and/or sexual abuse by an adult before age 15 was the strongest risk factor for IPV (PR: 2.9 for physical and/or sexual IPV, PR: 1.5 for psychological-only IPV). Other individual risk factors were: perceived major difficulties in living within their household income (PR: 2.6), having children (PR: 1.8) and age 18-24 years (PR: 1.5) for physical/sexual IPV and immigration background for psychological-only IPV (PR: 1.4). Living in countries with a higher prevalence of binge drinking or early school dropout was positively associated with IPV. CONCLUSIONS: Findings show that the fight against violence in young women should consider individual characteristics, childhood experiences of abuse and also structural interventions including reduction of alcohol consumption and improvement in the education-related indicators.BMJ Publishing GroupInstituto de Salud Carlos III20202020-05-1420182018-01-0120182018-01-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/10102reponame:Repisaludinstname:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/101022026-06-12T12:43:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
title Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
spellingShingle Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
Sanz-Barbero, Belén
Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Europe
Female
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevalence
Risk Factors
title_short Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
title_full Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
title_fullStr Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
title_sort Intimate partner violence against young women: prevalence and associated factors in Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanz-Barbero, Belén
López Pereira, Patricia
Barrio, Gregorio
Vives-Cases, Carmen
author Sanz-Barbero, Belén
author_facet Sanz-Barbero, Belén
López Pereira, Patricia
Barrio, Gregorio
Vives-Cases, Carmen
author_role author
author2 López Pereira, Patricia
Barrio, Gregorio
Vives-Cases, Carmen
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto de Salud Carlos III
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Europe
Female
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevalence
Risk Factors
topic Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Europe
Female
Humans
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevalence
Risk Factors
description BACKGROUND: The magnitude of intimate partner violence (IPV) in young women is a source of increasing concern. The prevalence of IPV has not been analysed in Europe as a whole. The objective was to assess the prevalence and main characteristics of experiencing physical and/or sexual and psychological-only IPV among young women in the European Union and to identify individual and contextual associated risk factors. METHODS: We analysed a cross-sectional subsample of 5976 ever-partnered women aged 18-29 years from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Violence Against Women Survey, 2012. The main outcomes were current physical and/or sexual IPV and lifetime psychological-only IPV. Risk factors were assessed by the prevalence ratio (PR) from multilevel Poisson regression models. RESULTS: Current prevalence of physical and/or sexual IPV was 6.1%, lifetime prevalence of psychological-only IPV was 28.7%. Having suffered physical and/or sexual abuse by an adult before age 15 was the strongest risk factor for IPV (PR: 2.9 for physical and/or sexual IPV, PR: 1.5 for psychological-only IPV). Other individual risk factors were: perceived major difficulties in living within their household income (PR: 2.6), having children (PR: 1.8) and age 18-24 years (PR: 1.5) for physical/sexual IPV and immigration background for psychological-only IPV (PR: 1.4). Living in countries with a higher prevalence of binge drinking or early school dropout was positively associated with IPV. CONCLUSIONS: Findings show that the fight against violence in young women should consider individual characteristics, childhood experiences of abuse and also structural interventions including reduction of alcohol consumption and improvement in the education-related indicators.
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