Spousal-abuse among Canadian immigrant women
dc.contributor.author | Ahmad, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Ali, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Stewart, Donna Eileen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-12T02:56:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-12T02:56:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | The study aimed to investigate the rates of self-reported physical and emotional spousal abuse among recent Canadian-immigrant (CI) women compared to Canadian-born (CB) women. The study conducted secondary data analyses on the General Social Survey, 1999. A sample of CB (n = 3548) and CI (n = 313) women was drawn that included women 25 to 49 years of age who were currently married or in a common-law relationship. Person weights and bootstrapping estimates were used to estimate the 95% confidence intervals. The proportion of emotional spousal abuse was higher in CI (14.7%, 95% CI: 10.7–18.8%) compared to CB women (8.7%, 95% CI: 7.8–9.6%). However, the proportion of physical spousal abuse was not statistically different between two groups. Possible explanations are discussed setting direction for future research and services for immigrant women. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ahmad F, Ali M & Stewart DE. Spousal-abuse among Canadian immigrant women. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2005. 7(4):239-46. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/31786 | |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
dc.rights | “The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-005-5120-4." | en_US |
dc.rights.article | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-005-5120-4 | en_US |
dc.subject | Spousal abuse | en_US |
dc.subject | Immigrant women | en_US |
dc.subject | Canada | en_US |
dc.title | Spousal-abuse among Canadian immigrant women | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |