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Is the ‘Nordic Paradox’ an illusion? Measuring intimate partner violence against women in Europe

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  • Iñaki Permanyer

    (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics)

  • Amalia Gomez-Casillas

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

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Objectives Recent studies suggest that intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Europe is highest among some of the most gender egalitarian countries in the world, like Sweden, Finland and Denmark. This paper aims at disentangling the so-called Nordic Paradox. Methods We have decomposed traditional IPV indicators into a ‘previous partner’ and ‘current partner’ components and presented new IPV indicators that are sensitive to the frequency of victimization. The new indicators are based on aggregated data from Agency for Fundamental Rights Survey on violence against women for the 28 EU Member States. Results The country rankings in terms of IPV levels change substantially when overall prevalence measures are substituted by their ‘previous partner’ and ‘current partner’ components and, especially, when considering the frequency of victimization. When comparing the traditional IPV prevalence ranking with the current partner violence repetition-sensitive indicator ranking, the Nordic countries fall several positions. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the prevalence of IPV tends to be higher in more gender egalitarian countries because union formation and dissolution occur more often, but not because men are necessarily more violent against their partners.

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  • Iñaki Permanyer & Amalia Gomez-Casillas, 2020. "Is the ‘Nordic Paradox’ an illusion? Measuring intimate partner violence against women in Europe," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(7), pages 1169-1179, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:65:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1007_s00038-020-01457-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01457-5
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    1. Belén Sanz-Barbero & Consuelo Corradi & Laura Otero-García & Alba Ayala & Carmen Vives-Cases, 2018. "The effect of macrosocial policies on violence against women: a multilevel study in 28 European countries," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 63(8), pages 901-911, November.
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