TY - JOUR
T1 - Status mismatch and self-reported intimate partner violence in the European Union
T2 - Does the country’s context matter?
AU - van Vugt, Lynn
AU - Pop, Ioana
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We explore whether status mismatch in education or income within couples is associated with self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV) and whether a country’s context relates to this. We used data collected by the ‘FRA Violence Against Women Survey’ in 2012, and we identified three dimensions of self-reported IPV: IPV via controlling behaviour, psychological IPV, and physical IPV. Based on logistic multilevel estimates of approximately 21,000 women in 27 European countries, we found that women, who were higher educated or earned more than their partners, were more likely to report all three types of IPV. We tested the impact of the societal context by looking at gender ideology, crime rates and the acceptance of domestic violence within a country. Our results suggest that only the level of crime directly impacts IPV, albeit only through controlling behaviour and psychological forms. Furthermore, none of the contextual characteristics moderate the relationship between status mismatch and IPV. Therefore, at least in our sample of European countries, the individual-level factors seem to weigh more than the societal context.
AB - We explore whether status mismatch in education or income within couples is associated with self-reported intimate partner violence (IPV) and whether a country’s context relates to this. We used data collected by the ‘FRA Violence Against Women Survey’ in 2012, and we identified three dimensions of self-reported IPV: IPV via controlling behaviour, psychological IPV, and physical IPV. Based on logistic multilevel estimates of approximately 21,000 women in 27 European countries, we found that women, who were higher educated or earned more than their partners, were more likely to report all three types of IPV. We tested the impact of the societal context by looking at gender ideology, crime rates and the acceptance of domestic violence within a country. Our results suggest that only the level of crime directly impacts IPV, albeit only through controlling behaviour and psychological forms. Furthermore, none of the contextual characteristics moderate the relationship between status mismatch and IPV. Therefore, at least in our sample of European countries, the individual-level factors seem to weigh more than the societal context.
KW - DIVISION
KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW - European Union
KW - GENDER
KW - GLOBAL PREVALENCE
KW - Intimate partner violence against women
KW - NEED
KW - RISK
KW - WOMEN
KW - contextual factors
KW - status mismatch
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U2 - 10.1080/14616696.2022.2068184
DO - 10.1080/14616696.2022.2068184
M3 - Article
SN - 1461-6696
VL - 24
SP - 283
EP - 309
JO - European Societies
JF - European Societies
IS - 3
ER -