Citation

Bernardino ÍM, Barbosa KG, Nóbrega LM, Cavalcante GM, Ferreira EF, d'Ávila S. Rev. Bras. Epidemiol. 2016; 19(4): 740-752.

Vernacular Title

Violência contra mulheres em diferentes estágios do ciclo de vida no Brasil: um estudo exploratório.

Affiliation

Departamento de Odontologia da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba - Campina Grande (PB), Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

10.1590/1980-5497201600040005

PMID

28146164

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: The aim of this study was to describe the profile of violence against women in different life cycles, according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders.

METHODS:: A cross-sectional and exploratory study was performed based on 1,388 police reports during a four-year period, in a metropolitan area of Northeast Brazil. The dependent variable was the type of aggression suffered by the victims. The independent variables were sociodemographic characteristics of the victims and offenders. Statistical analysis included the METHODS:: χ2 test (p METHODS:: < METHODS:: 0.05) and the decision tree analysis, through the Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (CHAID) algorithm.

RESULTS:: Cases of physical abuse (n = 644) were the most common, followed by threat (n = 415) and verbal aggression (n = 285). The violence profiles could be explained by the relationship between victims and offenders (p RESULTS:: < RESULTS:: 0.001) and age of the victims (p = 0.026 in Node 1; p = 0.019 in Node 3).

CONCLUSION:: It was observed that women in different stages of life are more exposed to different types of violence.

Language: en