Table 1.
Intimate Partner Violence and Theoretical Mechanisms among Peruvian Women Aged 15–49 (N=75,203)
| Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|
| Intimate partner violence | ||
| Psychological violence within last year | .17 | |
| Psychological violence ever | .33 | |
| Physical violence within last year | .14 | |
| Physical violence ever | .39 | |
| Sexual violence within last year | .04 | |
| Sexual violence ever | .10 | |
| Any form of IPV within last year | .22 | |
| Any form of IPV ever | .48 | |
| Two or more forms of IPV within last year | .10 | |
| Two or more forms of IPV ever | .27 | |
| Mechanism 1: Women’s resources | ||
| Literate | .85 | |
| Employed | .77 | |
| Occupational prestige (1–8)a | 2.81 | 2.85 |
| Mechanism 2: Family formation | ||
| Married as teen | .54 | |
| First birth as teen | .46 | |
| Mechanism 3: Partner selection | ||
| Partner’s years of schooling (0–17) | 9.14 | 3.80 |
| Partner’s occupational prestige (1–8)b | 3.70 | 2.51 |
| Mechanism 4: Attitudes | ||
| Attitudes: IPV is OKc | .06 | |
Source: Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys 2004–2012
a
Occupational prestige is calculated among employed respondents only.
b
Partner’s occupational prestige is calculated among ever-married and currently partnered respondents only. Observations in 2012 and between August and December 2010 are not included in this measure because information on partners’ occupation was not collected at these times.
c
Attitudinal questions were first asked in 2005. Only observations from 2005 onward are included in this measure.