REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL!;
| Autor: | Saadia Yasir, Yasir Rafique, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic, Azad Kashmir, Beenish Samreen Hamid, Muhammad Iqbal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | The Professional Medical Journal. 21:909-913 |
| ISSN: | 2071-7733 1024-8919 |
| DOI: | 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.05.2547 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of various forms of in-lawperpetuated reproductive control asserted on the female and any possible factor such aseducation level or early age of marriage which might be responsible for it as various studieshave demonstrated that violence against women has been documented to be perpetuatednot only by male partners but also by the family members of male partners. This multi-centriccross sectional observational study was carried out on 424 consecutive patients in 6 hospitals.The mean age (+ S.D) was 33.7+7.8 years and age of marriage (+S.D) was 21.3+2.8years.116(27.4%) were uneducated, 142(33.5%) had obtained education till primary level,124(29.2%) had secondary education and 42(9.9%) had higher level of education. Upon askingabout any life time in-law perpetuated reproductive control 205 (48.3%) of the females answeredone or more than question as yes and 142 (33.5%) of the participating females said that thein-laws advised their husbands to go for a second marriage if they did not become pregnant.The more uneducated the participants of the study were, more abuse was faced at the handsof her in-laws (p-value |
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