Community-level correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Ruchira Tabassum Naved³  Sajeda Amin²  Kristin VanderEnde¹ 

[1] International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh;Program on Poverty, Gender, and Youth, Population Council, New York, USA;Center for Equity and Health Systems, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

关键词: Community characteristics;    Adolescents;    Violence against women and girls;    Bangladesh;   

Others  :  1126475
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-1027

 received in 2014-02-02, accepted in 2014-09-23,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

While the majority of research in Bangladesh has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, less is known about the correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, particularly community-level characteristics that may increase their risk of experiencing violence.

Methods

We used multilevel logistic regression analysis to assess the variability in physical violence against unmarried female adolescents at the community level and to explore the role of community-level characteristics in explaining this variability. The data for this analysis were taken from a 2005 nationally representative survey of 20,000 adolescents aged 10 to 24 living in Bangladesh. Data from 4,370 unmarried female adolescents were included in the final model.

Results

Communities in Bangladesh have, on average, high levels of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, and these levels vary widely across communities. Community-level acceptance of physical punishment against adolescents was related to unmarried female adolescents’ risk of experiencing physical violence.

Conclusions

It is important to find and target communities in which unmarried adolescent girls are at higher risk of experiencing physical violence. Programs and policies must focus specifically on changing attitudes regarding treatment of women and girls. As these attitudes accepting of physical violence are found in adolescents aged 10 to 19, school and community-based programs should particularly target this age group.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 VanderEnde et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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