A multilevel analysis of contextual risk factors for intimate partner violence in Ghana

@article{Cofie2020AMA,
  title={A multilevel analysis of contextual risk factors for intimate partner violence in Ghana},
  author={N. Cofie},
  journal={International Review of Victimology},
  year={2020},
  volume={26},
  pages={50 - 78}
}
  • N. Cofie
  • Published 2020
  • Psychology
  • International Review of Victimology
    • While extant research suggests that context, structural socioeconomic and cultural factors matter in intimate partner violence research, quantitative research on the subject in sub-Saharan Africa, and in particular Ghana, has disproportionately focused on prevalence and individual level correlates of spousal violence. This research has ignored the role of the structural socioeconomic and cultural factors and contexts in understanding the causes and consequences of spousal violence in a setting… CONTINUE READING
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