Citation

Kaplan RL, Khawaja M, Linos N. Violence Against Women 2011; 17(11): 1465-1479.

Affiliation

1University of California, Berkeley.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801211434724

PMID

22312040

Abstract

This article examined sexual coercion within marriage in Egypt. Using cross-sectional survey data from a representative sample of married Egyptian women (N = 5,240), associations between forced intercourse and husband's control, as well as other relevant sociodemographic factors, were assessed through binary logistic regression models. The lifetime prevalence of forced intercourse was 6.2% and 4.6% during the past year, and husband's control was significantly associated with forced intercourse during a woman's lifetime (odds ratio = 3.5) and past year (odds ratio = 2.8). Interventions addressing gender patriarchy and men's control may decrease incidence of sexual coercion in Egypt and similar contexts.

Language: en