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Abstract #163855
Audio (mp3) recordingJessica A. Fehringer, MHS, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, 4th floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, (443)955-9609, jfehring@jhsph.edu and Michelle J. Hindin, PhD, Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Background: Past studies have shown that witnessing violence between parents in childhood is a predictor of future violence in intimate partnerships. Few, however, investigated this relationship in lower income country settings or looked at gender differences in intergenerational transmission of violence.
Methods: We used 1994, 2002, and 2005 data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey in Cebu, Philippines. This is a longitudinal data set following over 2,000 Filipino women and their index children (ICs) since the child's birth in 1983-1984.
Results: Prevalence of IPV perpetration was 19.9% for female and 5.6% for male ICs in 2005. Prevalence of victimization was 11.7% for female and 6.4% for male ICs. In 2002, 45.6% of the ICs reported having witnessed their parents/caretakers physically hurt one another during childhood. Logistic regression analysis showed that females were significantly more likely to report victimization when exposed to father-mother violence, (OR = 2.19, p = 0.004, 95% CI 1.28-3.76) or mother-father violence (OR = 1.83, p = 0.07, 95% CI 0.95-3.5) as compared to no violence. Males exposed to parental quarrelling were more likely (OR = 3.16, p = 0.03, 95% CI 1.09-9.14) to be IPV victims. For males, growing up in a household where more household decisions were joint between parents was protective against IPV perpetration (OR = 0.90, p = 0.04, 95% CI 0.80-1.0) and victimization (OR = 0.87, p=0.009, 95% CI 0.79-0.97). Witnessing violence between parents was not significantly associated with male perpetration or victimization.
Conclusions: Gender played a role in the intergenerational transmission of violence.
Learning Objectives:
- Assess whether exposure to violence between parents in childhood increases the odds of partner violence perpetration or victimization in a lower income country setting.
- Assess whether the effects of this exposure differ for males and females.
- Articulate the relationship between household decision-making during childhood and partner violence perpetration and victimization.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
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