Violence against women by intimate partners: an analysis of socio-economic and spatial factors on the probability of victimization
Intimate partner violence, probability of victimization, Spatial effects
This study aims to estimate the effect of socioeconomic variables on physical domestic violence against women by their intimate partner in Natal/RN, one of the most violent capitals in Brazil. Besides that, it was identified which are the high-risk areas in the city (measures in terms of probability of victimization). Therefore, we used data from the second wave of the research PCSVDFMulher for the construction of an econometric model of logistic regression and, posteriorly, for making maps using the universal kriging method. It is highlighted that both the spatial cutout and the methodology of this research have an innovative character since this is the first work to approach the issue of domestic violence in the mentioned city from the high-risk area perspective. The results have pointed that the age (after a certain point), cohabitation with the partner, and education level, tends to decrease the probability to suffer physical violence in Natal/RN, while the fact of having at least one child tends to increase this probability. The variants skin color (black) and having a paid job were not relevant for this analysis. Regarding the domestic violence spatial effects, the research has shown that the poorest regions at Natal (North and West) are the most affected.