Purpose
Young
women are at elevated risk of violence victimization, yet generalizable
evidence on age at which abuse first occurs is lacking. This analysis provides
new descriptive evidence on age and duration into partnership of women's first
intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization.
Methods
Data
come from ever married women ages of 15–49 years in nationally representative
Demographic and Health Surveys in 30 countries collected from 2005 to 2014 in
Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Descriptive
analysis is performed.
Results
Approximately
29.0% of women reported any physical
or sexual IPV. Among ever married women who first experienced violence
post-union, abuse began, on average, 3.5 years, after
union formation. Approximately 38.5% and 67.5% of those ever experiencing abuse did so within 1 year and 3 years,
respectively, of union formation. Regionally, average years into union of abuse
initiation showed little variation and average age at first abuse among once
married women is 22.1 years.
Conclusions
Results
imply that primary prevention for IPV must take place on average before first
union before age 19 years, to capture the most relevant and at risk target
population. Resources allocated toward risk factors in childhood and
adolescence may be most effective in combating initiation of IPV globally. Despite
this finding, there remains a lack of evidence on effective interventions for
primary prevention of abuse during women's early years in developing settings.
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By:
- Social and Economic Policy Unit, UNICEF Office of Research—Innocenti, Florence, Italy
Correspondence
- Address correspondence to: Amber Peterman, Ph.D., UNICEF Office of Research—Innocenti, Piazza SS. Annunziata 12, 50122 Florence, Italy.
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