Individual, Family, and Community Risk Markers for Domestic Violence in Peru

@article{Flake2005IndividualFA,
  title={Individual, Family, and Community Risk Markers for Domestic Violence in Peru},
  author={Dallan F. Flake},
  journal={Violence Against Women},
  year={2005},
  volume={11},
  pages={353 - 373}
}
  • Dallan F. Flake
  • Published 1 March 2005
  • Political Science
  • Violence Against Women
This study draws on an ecological framework in testing relationships between individual, family, and community characteristics and the likelihood of women experiencing domestic violence in Peru. The sample of 15,991 women was taken from the 2000 Peru Demographic and Health Survey. Logistic regression models revealed that at the individual level, low educational attainment, early union formation, and a violent family background increase a woman’s likelihood of abuse. Family-level risk markers… 
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