Understanding violence against Chinese women in Hong Kong: an analysis of risk factors with a special emphasis on the role of in-law conflict

Violence Against Women. 2008 Nov;14(11):1295-312. doi: 10.1177/1077801208325088. Epub 2008 Sep 22.

Abstract

This study examines risk factors of intimate partner violence against women in a cohort of Chinese women drawn from a large representative sample in Hong Kong. Data from a cross-section of 1,870 women are analyzed. Prevalence rates of women's self-reports of violence by their intimate partners and conflict with in-laws are computed and compared in terms of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The results show that in-law conflict was the characteristic most significantly associated with women's reports of violent victimization. This suggests that in-law conflict should be included in the screening and assessment of risk for intimate partner violence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Battered Women / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Battered Women / statistics & numerical data*
  • China / ethnology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Crime Victims / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Crime Victims / statistics & numerical data
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Hong Kong / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Spouse Abuse / ethnology
  • Spouse Abuse / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Spouse Abuse / statistics & numerical data*
  • Spouses / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Women's Health / ethnology
  • Women's Health / legislation & jurisprudence*