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. 2017 Jan 20;12(1):e0170469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170469

Fig 1. Structural equation modeling of general violence against pregnant women in São Luís, 2010–2011.

Fig 1

ses: socioeconomic status. class: economic class. inc: family income. occu: occupation of the family head. edu: years of study of the pregnant woman. vio: general violence was analyzed as a three-dimensional second-order factor structure. Questions about psychological (v1-v4), physical (v5-v10) and sexual violence (v11-v13) were presented in the text that described the validation of the WHO VAW (World Health Organization–Violence against Women) instrument for this population of pregnant women [22]. psyv: psychological violence. phyv: physical violence. sexv: sexual violence. supp: social support. int: positive social interaction support (m14int, m18int, m21int, m25int). emoinf: emotional/informational support (m10emo, m11inf, m15inf, m16emo, m20inf, m23emo, m24inf, m26emo). affe: affectionate support (m13affe, m17affe, m27affe). tang: tangible support (m9tang, m12tang, m19tang, m22tang).