Open AccessAwareness Regarding Domestic Violence among Married Women in Nawalparasi, Nepal
Author(s) -
I. Adhikari,
Rai S,
B Budhathoki,
S Gurau
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of basic science and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-5267
DOI - 10.38177/ajbsr.2022.4105
Subject(s) - domestic violence , respondent , descriptive statistics , psychology , medicine , demography , poison control , suicide prevention , environmental health , political science , sociology , statistics , mathematics , law
Background: Violence is among the leading cause of death worldwide widely for people aged 15-49 years. Domestic violence is a common global problem, which is usually hidden from the public view that affects every individual. World widely, 40-70% of females are murdered by their intimate partner. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used and eighty married women were selected using probability systematic sampling technique from Kawasoti-13, Nawalparasi. Data was collected by using a structured interview schedule to find out the awareness regarding domestic violence. Data entry was done by IBM SPSS version 20. Results: The overall finding of the study revealed that the mean age of the respondent was 37.64±8.973 years, 97.5% of respondents followed Hinduism, 76.3% were literate. Among literate 31.14% had completed basic education, 58.8% respondents were involved in agriculture and 60 % respondents belong to nuclear families. Only 31.3 % participated in the awareness program. About 47.5% had previously experienced domestic violence. Women’s knowledge was higher on meaning higher knowledge on causes, types, and management of domestic violence whereas lower knowledge on laws of domestic violence. More than half 57.5% had adequate awareness regarding domestic violence. Conclusion: Based on the finding it can be concluded that nearly half of the married women had inadequate awareness regarding domestic violence. Therefore domestic viole