Domestic Violence Against Single, Never-Married Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

• NCJ Number: 245931
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Dated: March 2013 Pages: 422-441
• Author(s): Shireen Assaf; Stephanie Chaban
• Date Published: March 2013
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examines the association between decision-making power, with other background variables, and domestic violence against single, never-married women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory OPT.

Abstract

This study examines the association between decision-making power, with other background variables, and domestic violence against single, never-married women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory OPT. Secondary analysis using data from a 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics domestic violence survey revealed that decision-making power and age were significant predictors of physical and psychological abuse. Relation to household head, refugee status, education, employment, and locality were not significant; region was only significant for psychological abuse. Further studies are needed to understand what factors allow single, never-married women to exercise decision-making power in the household and its association with domestic violence. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.