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Carmen Vives-Cases1, Diana Gil-González, Isabel Ruiz-Pérez
1Alicante University, 03080 San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), Spain. carmen.vives@ua.es
Objectives:
To analyze whether sociodemographics and social support have a different or similar effect on the likelihood of Intimate Partner Violence in immigrants and natives, and to estimate prevalences and associations between different types of IPV depending on women's birthplace.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study of 10,048 women (18-70 years) attending primary healthcare in Spain (2006-2007).
Outcome:
Current Intimate Partner Violence (psychological, physical and both). Sociodemographics and social support were considered first as explicative and later as control variables.
Results:
Similar Intimate Partner Violence sociodemographic and social support factors were observed among immigrants and natives. However, these associations were stronger among immigrants, except in the case of poor social support (adjusted odds ratio natives 4.36 and adjusted odds ratio immigrants 4.09). When these two groups were compared, immigrants showed a higher likelihood of IPV than natives (adjusted odds ratios 1.58).
Conclusion:
Immigrant women are in a disadvantaged Intimate Partner Violence situation. It is necessary that interventions take these inequalities into account.
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