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Prevalence of Violence against Immigrant Women: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Authors: Mariana Gonçalves, Marlene Matos

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 6/2016

Abstract

Interest in studying the particular case of the victimization of immigrant women has increased. This systematic review intends to document the violence that is experienced by immigrant women within their host country and its prevalence. Research was conducted using five databases: PsycArticles, Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus and ScienceDirect. We selected 24 quantitative studies, according to the following inclusion criteria: published between 2003 and 2013, that focused on an adult study population, and that revealed the prevalence of victimization that is experienced by immigrant women. These studies were mainly conducted in America (67 %) and Europe (33 %), and the participants were mostly Asian and Latin women. The large majority of the studies focused their attention on intimate partner violence, whose prevalence ranges between 17 % and 70.5 %. There is a high variability of the prevalence rates, which could be due to cultural factors and/or to methodological issues. These matters should be addressed by future researchers to allow for a better understanding of the phenomena.

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Title: Prevalence of Violence against Immigrant Women: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Authors: Mariana Gonçalves
Marlene Matos
Publication date: 01-08-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9820-4

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