학술논문
Is intimate partner violence vertically transmitted among women in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic health surveys between 2010 and 2019
Document Type
article
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Source
International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
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Language
English
ISSN
1475-9276
Abstract
Abstract Background Violence against women is a major human rights violation, and the continuous occurrence of this can have many implications for women’s social and health outcomes. The experience of violence from an intimate partner could be more intriguing, especially if such women experienced their mother’s intimate partner violence (IPV) issues. Thus, this study examined the vertical transmission of IPV among women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods A total of 97,542 eligible women were drawn from 27 countries in SSA using a retrospective secondary dataset from Demographic Health Surveys conducted between 2010 and 2019. Multivariable analysis was employed to determine the association between the vertical transmission of IPV from mother to daughter and the covariates associated with IPV in SSA at p