Citation

Assaf S, Chaban S. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(3): 422-441.

Affiliation

1University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213486330

PMID

23637313

Abstract

This study examines the association between decision-making power, with other background variables, and domestic violence against single, never-married women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Secondary analysis using data from a 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics domestic violence survey revealed that decision-making power and age were significant predictors of physical and psychological abuse. Relation to household head, refugee status, education, employment, and locality were not significant; region was only significant for psychological abuse. Further studies are needed to understand what factors allow single, never-married women to exercise decision-making power in the household and its association with domestic violence.

Language: en