Sibnath Deb|Subhasis Modak
Prevalence of violence against children in families in Tripura and Its relationship with socio-economic factors
Queensland University of Technology|University of Calcutta|Queensland University of Technology|University of Calcutta
background violence children deeprooted social problem indiathe problem also related economic well cultural beliefs practicesthe objective study ascertain prevalence nature violence experienced children families tripura india relationship socioeconomic factors methodsa group 320 children 160 males 160 females studying class viii ix aged 1419 participated study obtaining informed consent eight randomly selected english bengali medium schools agartala tripura indiadata collected using specially designed semistructured questionnaire resultsfindings revealed 209 67320 219 70230 181 58230 children experienced psychological physical sexual violence respectivelymale children likely victims psychological physical violence female children experienced sexual violence p001further analysis data revealed relationship violence children nuclear family p001uncongenial andor disturbed family environment p001 dominating shorttempered andor aggressive parent personality p001irrespective nature violencephysical violence found prevalent high income families p001 children lower income group families experienced psychological violence p001sexual violence found equally prevalent socioeconomic groupsthe study also clearly indicated academic performance violenceexperienced children irrespective nature violence socioeconomic groups poor compared academic performance nonviolenceexperienced children p001conclusions onefifth children study experience violence tripurafindings speak favor intervention program creating awareness among parents teachers issue violence children targeted parents meet periodic parentteachers meetings educational institutions