@article{ref1,
title="Spousal-abuse among Canadian immigrant women",
journal="Journal of immigrant health",
year="2005",
author="Ahmad, Fauzi bin and Ali, Mohammad and Stewart, D. E.",
volume="7",
number="4",
pages="239-246",
abstract="The study aimed to investigate the rates of self-reported physical and emotional spousal abuse among recent Canadian-immigrant (CI) women compared to Canadian-born (CB) women. The study conducted secondary data analyses on the General Social Survey, 1999. A sample of CB (n = 3548) and CI (n = 313) women was drawn that included women 25 to 49 years of age who were currently married or in a common-law relationship. Person weights and bootstrapping estimates were used to estimate the 95% confidence intervals. The proportion of emotional spousal abuse was higher in CI (14.7%, 95% CI: 10.7-18.8%) compared to CB women (8.7%, 95% CI: 7.8-9.6%). However, the proportion of physical spousal abuse was not statistically different between two groups. Possible explanations are discussed setting direction for future research and services for immigrant women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1096-4045",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}