Physical violence against women by an intimate partner: analysis of VIVA Survey 2017

Vasconcelos, Nádia Machado de; Andrade, Fabiana Martins Dias de; Gomes, Crizian Saar; Bernal, Regina Tomie Ivata; Malta, Deborah Carvalho

doi:10.1590/1413-812320222710.08162022EN

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FREE THEMES • Ciênc. saúde coletiva 27 (10) • Oct 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320222710.08162022EN copy

Physical violence against women by an intimate partner: analysis of VIVA Survey 2017

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Abstract

This article aims to characterize physical violence by an intimate partner suffered by adult women treated in public urgency and emergency services in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study using data from the VIVA Survey 2017. The proportions and 95% confidence intervals of the characteristics of the victim, violence, and perpetrator were calculated. The associations of characteristics were identified through Simple Correspondence Analysis (SCA). More than half of the assisted women self-declared their race/skin color to be black (70.2%) and were the victim of a male perpetrator (96.3%). Most violence occurred at home (71.1%) through physical force (74.1%). In the SCA, an association was found among the variables of age group, between 40 and 59 years; level of education, up to 08 years of study; alcohol consumption by the victim; and violence by weapons (Profile 2). An association was also found among the variables of age group, between 18 and 24 years; black race/skin color; lack of paid work; aggression on public places; and more serious injuries (Profile 4). There are different intimate partner violence (IPV) profiles for women in different contexts. Confronting IPV requires Public Policies that consider these differences in the construction of actions that focus on women and perpetrators of violence.

Key words:
Intimate partner violence; Health status disparities; Health surveys

Variables		Weighted frequency	95%CI
Variables		%	Lower limit	Upper limit
Characteristics of the victim
Age range
	18 to 24 years	24.6	18.7	31.7
	25 to 39 years	50.4	43.0	57.8
	40 to 59 years	25.0	19.1	32.0
Level of education
	Up to 08 years	46.4	40.3	52.6
	09 years or more	47.1	41.1	53.3
	Ignored	6.5	4.2	9.9
Race/skin color
	White	24.6	18.9	31.3
	Black (black/brown)	70.2	62.6	76.8
	Other (yellow/indigenous)	2.3	0.9	6.2
	Ignored	2.9	1.3	6.5
Alcohol consumption by the victim
	Yes	31.9	26.5	37.8
	No	66.1	60.2	71.6
	Ignored	2.0	0.7	6.0
Paid work
	Yes	48.6	41.2	56.0
	No	48.6	41.5	55.7
	Ignored	2.8	1.4	5.6
Characteristics of the probable perpetrator
Sex
	Male	96.3	93.0	98.1
	Female	3.7	1.9	7.0
Alcohol consumption by the perpetrator
	Yes	65.3	58.7	71.5
	No	26.9	21.7	32.7
	Ignored	7.8	5.2	11.7

Variables		Weighted frequency	95%CI
Variables		%	Lower limit	Upper limit
Location of event
	Home	71.1	63.8	77.5
	Public space	18.5	13.5	24.8
	Others	8.8	5.7	13.2
	Ignored	1.6	0.7	3.6
Means of aggression
	Physical force	74.1	67.9	79.5
	Weapons (melee weapon/firearm)	13.8	10.1	18.6
	Blunt object	10.0	6.6	15.0
	Others	2.1	0.9	4.6
Part of the body affected
	Head	50.0	41.7	58.2
	Trunk	7.8	4.9	12.3
	Upper limbs	13.9	9.5	20.0
	Lower limbs	10.5	6.9	15.6
	Multiple organs	11.4	7.5	16.8
	Others	6.4	3.2	12.5
Type of lesion
	No lesion	6.4	3.2	12.5
	Contusion	41.2	34.6	48.1
	Cut	32.9	26.6	39.8
	Trauma	15.6	11.9	20.3
	Others	3.3	1.8	5.9
	Ignored	0.6	0.1	2.6
Severity of lesion
	Mild	85.1	80.0	89.2
	Severe	13.6	9.7	18.6
	Ignored	1.3	0.6	2.8

Dimension	Singular value	Main inertia	χ^2a	Explained variance (relative %)^b	Explained variance (acum %)^c
Dimension 1	0.1096727	0.0120281	225.37	67.45	67.45
Dimension 2	0.0587028	0.0034460	64.57	19.32	86.78
Dimension 3	0.0393937	0.0015519	29.08	8.70	95.48
Dimension 4	0.0271364	0.0007364	13.80	4.13	99.61
Dimension 5	0.0069975	0.0000490	0.92	0.27	99.88
Dimension 6	0.0045717	0.0000209	0.39	0.12	100.00
Total		0.0178322	334.12	100.00

Variables			Total	Contribution
Column	Categories	Mass	Dimension 1	Dimension 2
Age range	18 to 24 years	0.082	0.082	0.545
	25 to 39 years	0.177	0.035	0.016
	40 to 59 years	0.087	0.008	0.318
Level of education	Up to 08 years	0.165	0.233	0.068
	09 or more years	0.160	0.261	0.044
Race/skin color	White	0.085	0.301	0.002
	Black/Brown	0.242	0.080	0.008
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Alcohol consumption by the victim	Yes	0.042	0.009	0.297
Paid work	Yes	0.067	0.110	0.056
	No	0.065	0.100	0.099
Location of the aggression	Home	0.097	0.002	0.000
	Public space	0.025	0.001	0.082
	Other	0.012	0.000	0.026
Means of aggression	Physical force	0.101	0.108	0.050
	Weapons (melee weapons/firearms)	0.018	0.053	0.008
	Blunt object	0.013	0.380	0.045
Part of the body affected	Head	0.068	0.004	0.000
	Multiple organs	0.016	0.002	0.120
Type of lesion	Contusion	0.057	0.061	0.006
	Cut	0.044	0.162	0.025
	Trauma	0.021	0.001	0.007
Severity of the lesion	Mild	0.116	0.001	0.001
	Severe	0.018	0.001	0.048
Sex of the perpetrator	Male	0.131	0.002	0.002
Suspicion of alcohol consumption by the perpetrator	Yes	0.089	0.002	0.127

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[1] Collaborations

All of the authors participated in the creation and design of the study, in the analysis and interpretation of the data, in the writing of the article and its critical review, and approved the final version for publication.