Social surveys on domestic violence against women in Spain

Issue title: Violence against women

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Meil, Gerardo

Affiliations: Department of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 5, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34914974762; Fax: +34914974259; E-mail: gerardo.meil@uam.es

Abstract: This article explores the social and political background of the emergence of major national surveys on the domestic violence against women and presents the main characteristics and results of the two most important surveys done in 1999 and 2002. The analysis of risk factors associated with partner violence shows that both the questioning of the traditional bourgeois family model and the empowerment of women does not by itself translate into lower levels of partner violence.

Keywords: Domestic violence, family change, women's empowerment

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-2005-223-408

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 279-287, 2005