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Correlates of domestic violence perpetration reporting among recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India

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  • Ameeta S Kalokhe
  • Sandhya R Iyer
  • Keshav Gadhe
  • Tuman Katendra
  • Anuradha Paranjape
  • Carlos del Rio
  • Rob Stephenson
  • Seema Sahay

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Domestic violence (DV) is prevalent in low-income and slum-dwelling communities in India. To date, the focus of DV prevention in resource-poor settings has largely been with women. We herein aim to identify correlates of DV perpetration to help inform future primary prevention efforts that focus on behavioral change in men. Utilizing a cross-sectional design, potential correlates of DV perpetration were explored among a geographically-clustered random sample of 100 recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India. In multivariable regression, DV perpetration was associated with less time spent alone in the relationship post-marriage (standardized β = -0.230, p

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  • Ameeta S Kalokhe & Sandhya R Iyer & Keshav Gadhe & Tuman Katendra & Anuradha Paranjape & Carlos del Rio & Rob Stephenson & Seema Sahay, 2018. "Correlates of domestic violence perpetration reporting among recently-married men residing in slums in Pune, India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(5), pages 1-16, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0197303
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197303
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