RT Article
T1 Intimate partner violence and its effects on women's health in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname: the mitigating role of educational attainment and socioeconomic status
JF Gender-based violence in the global South
SP 184
OP 202
A1 Seepersad, Randy
A1 Bailey, Corin A. 1977-
A1 Mohammed, Linda
A1 Thomas, Michelle
A2 Bailey, Corin A. 1977-
A2 Mohammed, Linda
A2 Thomas, Michelle
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1924984229
AB Intimate partner violence represents a serious problem in the Caribbean as large numbers of women and girls are affected annually. Despite this, examinations into the impact of intimate partner violence on Caribbean female populations have thus far been sparse. Using survey data from the Inter-American Development Bank’s 2018 and 2019 Surveys of Women’s Health, this chapter uses multiple regression analysis to examine the impact of intimate partner violence on women’s health in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Whether educational attainment and socioeconomic status serve to mitigate the negative impact of intimate partner violence on women’s health is also examined. The results show that physical and psychological intimate partner violence, as well as intimate partner violence during pregnancy, have an impact on several dimensions of women’s health. The moderating impact on the Intimate partner violence-health relationship by education level and socioeconomic status was more pronounced among the Surinamese sample. The study’s findings are explained within the context of the type of intimate partner violence experienced, the quality of health care available, perceived social support as well as the social construction of health across cultures. The results of our analyses, in addition to adding to the existing research on intimate partner violence in the Caribbean, have policy implications for interventions aimed at mitigating the negative effects of intimate partner violence on women’s health.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 198-202
SN 9781032395203