Women who experience child abuse are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence in Peru


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María Claudia Rodríguez-De la Cruz, J Jhonnel Alarco
Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology, 2021

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Cruz, M. C. R.-D. la, & Alarco, J. J. (2021). Women who experience child abuse are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence in Peru. Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology.


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Cruz, María Claudia Rodríguez-De la, and J Jhonnel Alarco. “Women Who Experience Child Abuse Are More Likely to Be Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Peru.” Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology (2021).


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Cruz, María Claudia Rodríguez-De la, and J. Jhonnel Alarco. “Women Who Experience Child Abuse Are More Likely to Be Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Peru.” Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology, 2021.


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@article{cruz2021a,
  title = {Women who experience child abuse are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence in Peru},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Brazilian Journal of Epidemiology},
  author = {Cruz, María Claudia Rodríguez-De la and Alarco, J Jhonnel},
  howpublished = {}
}

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the association between child abuse and intimate partner violence victimization among married or cohabiting Peruvian women aged 18 years old or older.

Methods: Cross-sectional study analyzing secondary data from the National Survey on Social Relationships 2015. To find the association between child abuse and intimate partner violence victimization, a multinomial logistic regression adjusted for possible confounding variables was performed.

Results: Data from 1,084 married and cohabiting women were included. The prevalence of child abuse was 49.6% (95%CI 45.8-53.3) and the prevalence of intimate partner violence victimization was 64.2% (95%CI 60.5-67.8). An association was found between child abuse and intimate partner violence victimization (relative risk ratios 5.72, 95%CI 3.71-8.83).

Conclusion: Married or cohabiting women in Peru who experienced childhood maltreatment are more likely to experience intimate partner violence in adulthood.