Joanne Klevens|Katie A. Ports
Gender Inequity Associated with Increased Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: a Cross-Country Analysis of Population-Based Surveys and Country-Level Statistics
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|National Center for Injury Prevention and Control|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
gender inequity proposed societallevel risk factor child maltreatment however crossnational research examining association limited developing countries used limited measures gender inequity child homicides proxy child maltreatment examine relationship gender inequity child maltreatment used caregivers reported use severe physical punishment proxy physical abuse children 5 left alone care another child younger 10 years age supervisory neglect three indices gender inequity social institutional gender index gender inequality index gender gap index 57 countries half developing countries found three gender inequity indices significantly associated physical abuse two three significantly associated neglect controlling countrylevel development based findings efforts prevent child abuse neglect might benefit reducing gender inequity