Acceptance of wife beating and its association with physical violence towards women in Nepal: a cross-sectional study using couple's data.

BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious global public health issue. Acceptance of wife beating is known to be associated with IPV, but few studies have analysed the acceptance of wife beating from both women and men's points of view. The objective of this study was to examine w...

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Main Authors: Kayoko Yoshikawa, Tara M Shakya, Krishna C Poudel, Masamine Jimba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3994152?pdf=render