Gender-specific differences in risk for intimate partner violence in South Korea

BMC Public Health

Eun-Cheol Park²  Katherine M Stefani³  Minjee Lee¹ 

[1] Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 105 River Street, N265 CPHB, 52242 Iowa City, IA, USA;Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, 120-752 Seoul, South Korea;Department of Research Affairs, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, 120-752 Seoul, South Korea

关键词: South Korea;    Intimate partner violence;    Gender;   

Others  :  1131467
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-415

 received in 2013-11-05, accepted in 2014-04-25,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Various risk factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) have been found to vary by gender. South Korea has one of the highest prevalences of IPV in the world; however, little is known about potential risk factors of IPV and whether gender influences this relationship.

Methods

Using data from the 2006 Korea Welfare Panel Study, 8,877 married participants (4,545 men and 4,332 women) aged ≥30 years were included. Reported IPV was categorized as verbal or physical IPV and the association between IPV and related factors was assessed by multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Results

Women were significantly more likely than men were to report IPV victimization (verbal 28.2% vs. 24.4%; physical 6.9% vs. 3.4%). Wor odds of physical perpetration than women satisfied with their family. Moreover, alcohol intake was significantly associated with IPV perpetration and victimization in both genders.

Conclusion

Significant gender-specific differences were found among factors related to perpetrating violence and being a victim of violence among adults in heterosexual relationships in South Korea.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Lee et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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