TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Physical wife abuse in an urban slum of Pune, Maharastra
JO  - Indian journal of public health
A1  - Ruikar, Manisha M.
A1  - Pratinidhi, Asha K.
SP  - 215
EP  - 217
VL  - 52
IS  - 4
N2  - The present cross-sectional study was undertaken during August-September 2004 in an urban slum area of Pune to find out prevalence & characteristics of physical wife abuse/wife beating & to ascertain women's views & behavior towards it in a social context. The prevalence of physical wife abuse/wife beating was reported to be 61.5%. The most commonly reported husband's behavior included slapping (98.8%) followed by pushing (39.8%) & kicking wives (33.7%). 17.8% women justified physical abuse by husband. The most commonly reported behavior of women included crying (85.2%) & silently bearing the physical abuse (59%).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-557X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -