Women (Apr 2022)

Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy Termination among Tajikistan Women: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data

  • Divya Vinnakota,
  • Ali Davod Parsa,
  • Madhini Sivasubramanian,
  • Ilias Mahmud,
  • Brijesh Sathian,
  • Russell Kabir

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/women2020012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 102 – 114

Abstract

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Intimate partner violence is the most common kind of violence and a significant public health issue. The relationship between intimate partner violence and pregnancy termination among Tajikistan women was investigated in this study. The data for this research was collected from the Tajikistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017. This research has used the data of married women aged between 15 to 49 years. The findings from the study indicate that around 23.2% of married women in Tajikistan have experienced physical violence. The respondent’s age, region, and employment status was significantly associated with pregnancy termination (p p p p < 0.05). The dynamics of domestic abuse need to be understood by healthcare providers to aid women in making decisions on whether or not to terminate their pregnancy.

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