Citation

Murshid NS. Public Health 2017; 150: 1-8.

Affiliation

University at Buffalo, School of Social Work, 685 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States. Electronic address: nadinemurshid1@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.puhe.2017.05.004

PMID

28601702

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the association between women's reports of asset ownership (home and land) and experience of three types of intimate partner violence (IPV): physical violence, emotional violence, and husbands' controlling behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: Population-based secondary analysis.

METHOD: This cross-sectional study used data from a sub-sample of 658 women from the nationally representative Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the association between asset ownership and IPV.

RESULTS: Results from logistic regressions indicated that when women owned assets their husbands were 2.3 times more likely to use controlling tactics (P < 0.001) which was mitigated only when women had a say in household decisions. Physical or emotional violence, however, was not significantly associated with women's asset ownership.

CONCLUSION: The study findings highlight the importance of culture and context in policy implementation.

Copyright © 2017 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Asset ownership; Cultural context; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Pakistan