Leland K. Ackerson|Ichiro Kawachi|Elizabeth M. Barbeau|S. V. Subramanian
Effects of Individual and Proximate Educational Context on Intimate Partner Violence: A Population-Based Study of Women in India
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
objectives examined role womens education proximate educational context intimate partner violence ipv methods examined sample 83627 married women aged 15 49 years 1998 1999 indian national family health survey used multilevel multiple logistic regression modeling estimate relative effect womens husbands levels education spousal education differential communitylevel literacy womens risk recent lifetime ipv results adjusted models odds recent ipv among women without education 561 times 95 confidence interval ci 353 892 collegeeducated women odds among wives uneducated men 184 times 95 ci144 235 wives collegeeducated men women education husbands likely educational parity report recent ipv odds ratio or118 95 ci105 133 results similar lifetime ipv controlled individual factors community male female literacy levels increased likelihood ipv declined conclusions although increasing womens levels education crucial reducing ipv women proximate educational context also important factor reducing public health burden