RT Article
T1 Intimate Partner Violence against Women in the EU: A Multilevel Analysis of the Contextual and Individual Impact on Public Perceptions
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 32
IS 5
SP 417
OP 430
A1 Karlsson, Matilda
A1 Wemrell, Maria
A1 Merlo, Juan
A1 Ivert, Anna-Karin
A2 Wemrell, Maria
A2 Merlo, Juan
A2 Ivert, Anna-Karin
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1816477877
AB Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) poses severe threats to women’s health and rights. This study investigates the role of country context and gender equality in shaping individual perceptions of the severity of IPVAW. Multilevel logistic regression analyses of a Eurobarometer survey on attitudes toward IPVAW from 27 EU states showed that male gender, young age, low education, low self-assessed social position and particularly perceiving IPVAW as uncommon were associated with perceiving IPVAW as less severe. The likelihood of perceiving IPVAW as less severe was higher in countries with low gender equality. Between-country variance accounted for 14% of the variability, while country-level gender equality accounted for 22% of the between-country variance. We conclude that efforts toward strengthening perceptions of IPVAW as a severe issue should focus on awareness-raising and on increasing country-level gender equality.
K1 Public perceptions
K1 Multilevel Analysis
K1 intimate partner violence against women
K1 Gender Equality
K1 gender-based violence
K1 European Union
DO 10.1080/08974454.2020.1835792