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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG FORMERLY MARRIED WOMEN IN “BUTA”

    1 Author(s):  DR.T.PUGALENTHI

Vol -  6, Issue- 7 ,         Page(s) : 238 - 248  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Domestic violence causes public health consequences, including effects on unwanted fertility and contraceptive use, increasing the prevalence rate of HIV/STIs, infant and child mortality, children’s access to immunization and other health care. Violence begins at home for many of women. The present paper is being made To study the regional variations of domestic violence among formerly (except currently married) women, To examine the relation and prevalence of Domestic violence and Reproductive Health Problem, and To study predictors of Domestic violence and reproductive health problem of women The results of binary logistic regression for predictors of domestic violence is indicated that among all the independent variable type of place playing a major role and it becomes significant at one percent level followed by age, level of education, caste and SLI were significantly associated with the domestic violence. Comparison of domestic violence with northern and southern states when age increases domestic violence increases in northern and it decreases in southern states. But the domestic violence is inverse relation as concern the number of children at home to the reference category.

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