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Intimate partner violence in the young cohort of the Australian longitudinal study on women's health: urban/rural comparison and demographic associations
- Source :
- Advances in Mental Health. 13:18-29
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2015.
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Abstract
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to be linked to significant negative physical and mental health outcomes. This study addresses a gap in the Australian IPV literature by investigating lifetime IPV prevalence by rurality of residence, using data from a population-based sample of young women. The overall lifetime IPV prevalence rate in the sample was 21.6%, but there were significant differences in IPV rates from major cities (19.6%), inner regional areas (24.4%) and other rural areas (26.1%). After adjusting for demographic variables, multivariable analysis revealed that there were still significantly raised odds of women from inner regional (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.01–1.33) and other rural areas (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.11–1.56) reporting lifetime IPV compared to women from major cities. Multivariable analysis also showed that a history of IPV was significantly associated with women being separated/divorced/widowed, having lower levels of education, income hardship and limited available social support.
- Subjects :
- education.field_of_study
Longitudinal study
business.industry
education
Population
social sciences
behavioral disciplines and activities
Psychiatry and Mental health
Social support
Rurality
mental disorders
Cohort
population characteristics
Medicine
Domestic violence
Residence
Rural area
business
Social psychology
Demography
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Details
- ISSN :
- 18374905 and 18387357
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Advances in Mental Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c09e02f09c00a042eaaa171b77861d75