Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: The Case of Hakkari

Abstract

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an important public health problem in both developed and developing countries. Violence against women is an important problem all over the world. Violence against women basically takes four forms: physical, emotional, sexual, and economic violence. Exposure of women to this type of violence negatively affects their health both physically and psychologically. Some factors affect women's exposure to IPV, such as education level, economic status, social support.  The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting IPV against women. This research is descriptive. 100 women between the ages of 18-60 in Hakkari participated in the study. Hakkari province, located in the Southeast Anatolian region of Turkey, which is known to have a high representative ability in this regard, was chosen.  In the findings; Factors such as low education level, lack of income, early marriage, having children at an early age and lack of support from social and public institutions have been identified as important reasons for IPV. Since these are the Continuity correction (Yates Square Test), the smallest theoretical value is 5<the smallest theoretical frequency is <25 and the p-value is<0.001, the compared binary parameters are considered dependent. Fisher's Test for the analysis of the frequency values greater than 25 Freman Halton Exact 99% confidence interval using the Monte Carlos simulation of the significant value of 0.001(p<000,1) in comparison, because it has been recognized that  the   binary parameters are related to each other.