Factors Associated With Women’s Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Spain
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Title: | Factors Associated With Women’s Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Spain |
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Authors: | Sanz, Belén | Otero, Laura | Vives-Cases, Carmen |
Research Group/s: | Salud Pública |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Keywords: | Intimate partner violence | Police report | Battered women | Spain |
Knowledge Area: | Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública |
Issue Date: | 21-Jan-2016 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2016. doi:10.1177/0886260515625512 |
Abstract: | In Spain, in 2013, the 20% of women who were murdered by their partner had reported him previously. We analyze the 2011 Spanish-Macrosurvey on Gender Violence to identify and analyze the prevalence of and the principal factors associated with reporting a situation of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the main reasons women cite for not filing such reports, or for subsequently deciding to withdraw their complaint. Overall, 72.8% of women exposed to IPV did not report their aggressor. The most frequent reasons for not reporting were not giving importance to the situation (33.9%), and fear and lack of trust in the reporting process (21.3%). The main reasons for withdrawing the complaint were cessation of the violence (20.0%), and fear and threats (18.2%). The probability of reporting increased among women with young children who were abused, prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval [CI]): 2.14 [1.54, 2.98], and those whose mother was abused, prevalence ratio (95% CI): 2.25 [1.42, 3.57]. Always focusing on the need to protect women who report abuse, it is necessary to promote the availability of and access to legal resources especially among women who use them less: women who do not have children and women who do not have previous family exposure to violence. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/52642 |
ISSN: | 0886-2605 (Print) | 1552-6518 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1177/0886260515625512 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © The Author(s) 2016 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515625512 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - Investigación en Género - Artículos de Revistas INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones INV - EQUIDIVERSIDAD - Artículos de Revistas |
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