TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Individual and societal factors of violence: A study from Assam
JO  - Health and population: perspectives and issues
A1  - Baruah, A.
A1  - Barua, A.
SP  - 29
EP  - 36
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - The study was conducted in two tertiary care hospital settings; one a government hospital, the Assam Medical College Hospital and the other is a well-known private hospital, the Aditya Hospital, Assam. The study revealed that (i) the male victims of violence outnumbered their female counterparts but suicides and self-harm attempts were almost equal for both the sexes; (ii) interpersonal violence cases were more prevalent in the case of males (931) in comparison to females (256); (iii) violence was more common among the illiterates (26.04%) while the prevalence rate of violence was zero in case of professionally qualified people; (iv) married people were more involved in self-inflicted (52.87%) and interpersonal violence (52.81%) cases as compared to the unmarried respondents; and (v) the study noticed that 90 per cent of the self-inflicted violence occurred at the homes of the victims whereas 54.30 per cent of the inter-personal violence occurred on the streets.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0253-6803
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -