CAUSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST MARRIED WOMEN: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO KARACHI CITY
Autor: | Muhammad Yaseen, Saba Sultan, Shahzaman |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities; Vol. 56 No. 2 (2017): JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI; 153-165 |
ISSN: | 0257-4276 2664-4967 |
Popis: | The aim and objective of this study is to analyse the causes of domestic violence against married women in Pakistan providing a complete picture of understanding on the phenomenon. This study was conducted in Safoora Goth, Karachi one of the oldest residential centre of Karachi where all local ethnic groups and class of people are inhabited. The factors included in the study were various reasons of domestic violence, nature of domestic violence, types of domestic violence, separation, and feeling of deprivation, husband drug addiction, partner violence, family system, family economic, ages of women and all other such related causes regarding domestic violence. The universe of the study was Safoora Goth, Karachi. The calculated sample size was 313 respondents in which researcher selected simple random sampling technique. The tool for the data collection was a questionnaire. Hypotheses were tested statistically among 5 hypotheses all have gotten accepted and showed the result as there are various causes of domestic violence. Thus, the researcher concluded that family system, family income and husband drug addiction are related to the domestic violence in a great deal. |
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