Intimate partner violence among Canadian women with activity limitations

Objective: To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the previous five years among women reporting activity limitations (AL). Design and setting: A community based, representative telephone survey of Canadians aged 15 and over. AL was assessed by the question: “Does a long te...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2005-10, Vol.59 (10), p.834-839
Main Authors: Cohen, Marsha M, Forte, Tonia, Du Mont, Janice, Hyman, Ilene, Romans, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
activity limitation
Activity limitations
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Canada - epidemiology
Disabilities
Disability
Domestic violence
Educational Status
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
General aspects
general social survey
GSS
Health Status
Household income
Households
Humans
Intimate partner violence
IPV
Marital Status
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
prevalence
Psychometrics
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Report
Research Reports
Sex crimes
Sex Offenses - statistics & numerical data
Sexual violence
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Studies
Violence against women
women
Womens health
Working women
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Summary:Objective: To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the previous five years among women reporting activity limitations (AL). Design and setting: A community based, representative telephone survey of Canadians aged 15 and over. AL was assessed by the question: “Does a long term physical or mental condition or health problem reduce the amount or the kind of activity that you can do at home, at school, at work or in other activities?” Response categories were: often, sometimes, or never. Participants: 8771 women who had a current/former partner of whom 1483 reported AL. Main results: IPV was reported more often for AL (often or sometimes) compared with no AL women (emotional abuse (27.1, 26.4 v 17.7%, p
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.2004.022467