Yangjin Park, Jingyeong Song, Bethany Wood, Toni Gallegos, Saltanat Childress
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Abstract
Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) is a global health and human rights issue. This study explores the multilevel risk factors-individual, interpersonal, neighborhood, and national-that influence attitudes toward wife abuse. Using multilevel modeling, data from the World Value Survey and country-level datasets (n = 76,025), our findings suggest that improving perceptions of gender inequality (individual-level) and emphasizing the values of democracy (country-level) are particularly critical to reducing positive attitudes toward IPVAW. Additionally, merely enacting domestic violence laws may not change attitudes that tolerate IPVAW. Instead, the proper implementation, resources, and public awareness of these laws are crucial, particularly among women.
期刊介绍:
Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.