Sandra L. Martin|Amy O. Tsui|Kinsuk Maitra|Ruth Marinshaw
Domestic Violence in Northern India
study examined prevalence characteristics wife abuse reported nearly 6700 married men living five districts northern india 19951996 addition associations wife abuse sociodemographic factors investigated enable two theoreticalconceptual perspectives regarding abuse evaluated abuse common among families stress among private families districtspecific percentages men reported physically abusing wives ranged 18 45 1840 men district nonconsensual sex wives 49 physically forced wives sex authors used logistic regression analyses control variety sociodemographic variables found positive associations wife abuse stressrelated factors including husband low educational level couple living poverty husband young first lived wife couple multiple children contrariwise strong empirical support idea wife abuse may common private families j epidemiol 199915041726