Open AccessPrevalence of spousal violence among married women in a rural area in North Kerala
Author(s) -
Jesha Mohammedali Mundodan,
KK Lamiya,
Sheela P. Haveri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2313_20
Subject(s) - spouse , domestic violence , medicine , sexual violence , demography , injury prevention , poison control , environmental health , nursing , sociology , anthropology
Domestic violence has substantial public health consequences. More than one-third of women globally suffer from physical and sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner with a lifetime prevalence of 10%-69%. In India, 28.8% of the ever-married women in the reproductive age group, reported domestic violence. Although Kerala, in southern India, performs better than other Indian states on a host of human development indicators for women, 15.8% among the women in this group have ever experienced physical or sexual violence in the past 12 months, the most common perpetrator being the husband.