Domestic Violence Encountered among Kurdish Women

Autor/in	Ali, Sirwan Kamil
Titel	Domestic Violence Encountered among Kurdish Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (2015) 3, S.27-33 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Ethnic Groups; Marriage; Comparative Analysis; Antisocial Behavior; Public Health; Civil Rights; Correlation; Victims; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Age Differences; Economic Factors; Intervention; Risk; Females; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Iraq + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnie; Ehe; Gesundheitswesen; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Korrelation; Victim; Opfer; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ökonomischer Faktor; Risiko; Weibliches Geschlecht; Fragebogen; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Irak
Abstract	Background and objective; There is growing recognition that violence against women has a large public health impact, in addition to being a gross violation of women's human rights. The study's aims were: To show the types of domestic abuse encountered by Kurdish women, and study the relationship between them. Methods; The study conducted in the period (15th of July to 23rd of October 2013),in order to address this issue, the researcher studied 120 women who were victims of domestic abuse living in Hawler rural and urban surroundings. Domestic abuse questionnaire were used which composed of four categories of domestic abuse which was economical, psychological, social, and physical abuse.Results: After analyzing the data, age of women studied vary (17-50 years), majority (59.1%) was married, the Mean of each abuse category was compared to another. The physical abuse category Mean was higher than others (Mean = 24.61) and (SD = 7.22). The second higher figure was social abuse category (Mean = 16.89). The third figure was economic abuse (Mean = 16.47). The last figure was psychological abuse (Mean = 13.24) and (SD = 5.09).Conclusion; The victims mainly reported that they encountered physical domestic abuse more than the other types of abuse; it is a public health problem of epidemic proportions. It pervades all corners of the globe, puts women's health at risk, limits their participation in society, and causes great human suffering and need appropriate intervention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01