Factores sociodemográficos asociados a violencia intrafamiliar en mujeres en el Perú año 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 actual or symbolic use of force, with the aim of dominating the will, mind and body of the victim. Objective: To determine the sociodemographic factors associated with women victims of domestic violence in Peru during the year 2021. Materials and Methods: This 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 and prevalence ratios were used through the Poisson regression model with robust variance. Results: A prevalence of 47.7% for psychological violence was determined. The multivariate analysis identified that the variables associated with psychological violence were the level of primary education (APR: 1.10) and the metropolitan Lima region (APR :1.14). Regarding sexual violence, the poor wealth level (APR: 2.35) was the associated variable, and for physical violence, the age of 20 to 29 years (APR: 1.21), poor wealth level (APR: 1.495) and the coastal region (APR: 0.79). Conclusions: Factors associated with psychological violence were identified as the level of education and the natural region, marital status was a protective factor against sexual violence, and the variables of age and wealth level were associated with physical violence.