SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WOMEN IN PERU, 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Domestic violence is based on phenomena that establish a relationship of subordination, whose behaviors are related to physical, psychological and sexual damage, through the real or symbolic use of force, with the aim of dominating the will, mind and body of the victim. Objective: Determine the sociodemographic factors associated with women victims of domestic violence in Peru during the year 2021. Methods: It is an observational, retrospective, analytical and cross-sectional study, developed through the ENDES 2021 secondary databases, using information from 21,557 women. Said information was analyzed using the SPSS vers.27 statistical software, making use of the prevalence ratios using the Poisson regression model with robust variance. Results: A prevalence of 47.7% of psychological violence was determined. The multivariate analysis identified that the variables associated with psychological violence were the level of primary education (RPa:1.10) and the metropolitan Lima region (RPa:1.14), regarding sexual violence, the level of poor wealth (RPa:2.35) was The associated variable, and with respect to physical violence, were age between 20 and 29 years (RPa:1.21), poor wealth level (RPa:1.495) and the coastal region (RPa:0.79). Conclusions: It was identified that the factors associated with psychological violence were the level of education and the natural region, the marital status was a protective factor against sexual violence, and the variables of age and wealth level were associated with physical violence.