TY - JOUR
T1 - Intimate Partner Violence Against Low-Income Women in Mexico City and Associations with Child School Attendance
T2 - A Latent Class Analysis Using Cross-sectional Data
AU - Scolese, Anna
AU - Willie, Tiara C.
AU - Falb, Kathryn L.
AU - Sipsma, Heather
AU - Campos, Paola Abril
AU - Olavarrieta, Claudia Diaz
AU - Gupta, Jhumka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Introduction: Few studies have investigated how intimate partner violence (IPV), and patterns of IPV experiences, may impact children’s school attendance in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: Using baseline data from a sub-sample of 659 women in Mexico City enrolled in a randomized controlled trial who reported having a child under age 18 and in school, multilevel latent class analysis (LCA) was used to classify women based on their reported IPV experiences. Multilevel risk regression analyses examined associations between latent class membership and IPV-related disruptions in children’s schooling. Latent classes were identified in a prior study. Results: Overall, 23.3% of women reported their child’s school attendance was disrupted due to IPV. LCA identified four distinct classes of IPV experiences: Low Physical and Sexual Violence (39.1%); Low Physical and High Sexual Violence class (14.8%), High Physical and Low Sexual Violence and Injuries (36.5%); and High Physical and Sexual Violence and Injuries (9.6%). Compared with women in the Low Physical and Sexual Violence class, women in the High Physical and Sexual Violence and Injuries class and women in the High Physical and Low Sexual Violence and Injuries class were at greater risk of IPV disrupting children’s school attendance (ARR 3.39, 95% CI 2.34, 4.92; ARR 2.22, 95% CI 1.54, 3.19, respectively). No other statistically significant associations emerged. Discussion: High disruptions in children’s school attendance due to IPV were reported and were differentially related to patterns of IPV experiences. Findings underscore the need to understand underlying mechanisms. Future work integrating both violence against women and violence against children is needed.
AB - Introduction: Few studies have investigated how intimate partner violence (IPV), and patterns of IPV experiences, may impact children’s school attendance in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: Using baseline data from a sub-sample of 659 women in Mexico City enrolled in a randomized controlled trial who reported having a child under age 18 and in school, multilevel latent class analysis (LCA) was used to classify women based on their reported IPV experiences. Multilevel risk regression analyses examined associations between latent class membership and IPV-related disruptions in children’s schooling. Latent classes were identified in a prior study. Results: Overall, 23.3% of women reported their child’s school attendance was disrupted due to IPV. LCA identified four distinct classes of IPV experiences: Low Physical and Sexual Violence (39.1%); Low Physical and High Sexual Violence class (14.8%), High Physical and Low Sexual Violence and Injuries (36.5%); and High Physical and Sexual Violence and Injuries (9.6%). Compared with women in the Low Physical and Sexual Violence class, women in the High Physical and Sexual Violence and Injuries class and women in the High Physical and Low Sexual Violence and Injuries class were at greater risk of IPV disrupting children’s school attendance (ARR 3.39, 95% CI 2.34, 4.92; ARR 2.22, 95% CI 1.54, 3.19, respectively). No other statistically significant associations emerged. Discussion: High disruptions in children’s school attendance due to IPV were reported and were differentially related to patterns of IPV experiences. Findings underscore the need to understand underlying mechanisms. Future work integrating both violence against women and violence against children is needed.
KW - Child health
KW - Education
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Latent class analysis
KW - Mexico
KW - School health
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U2 - 10.1007/s10995-020-02877-8
DO - 10.1007/s10995-020-02877-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 31916142
AN - SCOPUS:85078601783
SN - 1092-7875
VL - 24
SP - 360
EP - 368
JO - Maternal and child health journal
JF - Maternal and child health journal
IS - 3
ER -