Citation

Thapa-Oli S, Dulal HB, Baba Y. Violence Against Women 2009; 15(2): 206-223.

Affiliation

Texas Woman's University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801208329389

PMID

19126835

Abstract

Although there is a growing number of studies on intimate partner violence (IPV) in U.S. South Asian communities, the examination of IPV among Nepali women in the United States is still in the initial stage. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of and vulnerabilities to IPV among 45 Nepali immigrant women residing in the New York metropolitan area. The findings demonstrated that 75.6% of women had been verbally insulted by their current partners, and 62.2% had to seek permission from their partners to go to their friends' or relatives' houses.

Language: en