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December 12, 2013American Journal of EpidemiologyOpen Access

Tip of the Iceberg: Reporting and Gender-Based Violence in Developing Countries

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TPTia PalermoJBJennifer BleckAPAmber Peterman

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Cross-sectional study uncovers severe underreporting of gender-based violence among women in developing nations, highlighting substantial underestimation in official police and health system data.

Key Points

  • To establish bounds for the underestimation of gender-based violence (GBV) reporting to formal and informal sources and evaluate characteristics differentiating women who report from those who do not.
  • Analyzed cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey data collected between 2004 and 2011 from 284,281 women across 24 developing countries.
  • Conducted descriptive analyses and multivariate logistic regressions to identify demographic factors associated with reporting GBV to formal authorities.
  • Among women experiencing GBV, 40% disclosed the abuse to someone, but only 7% reported to a formal source (ranging from 2% in India and East Asia to 14% in Latin America and the Caribbean).
  • Formal reporting was significantly associated with increasing age, urban residence, and formerly married or never married status.
  • Health systems data and police reports underestimate true GBV prevalence by 11-fold to 128-fold depending on the region and reporting mechanism.

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Palermo et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7cc27f39344339dd186bfhttps://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwt295
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