Abstract

Intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) poses severe threats to women’s health and rights. This study investigates the role of country context and gender equality in shaping individual perceptions of the severity of IPVAW. Multilevel logistic regression analyses of a Eurobarometer survey on attitudes toward IPVAW from 27 EU states showed that male gender, young age, low education, low self-assessed social position and particularly perceiving IPVAW as uncommon were associated with perceiving IPVAW as less severe. The likelihood of perceiving IPVAW as less severe was higher in countries with low gender equality. Between-country variance accounted for 14% of the variability, while country-level gender equality accounted for 22% of the between-country variance. We conclude that efforts toward strengthening perceptions of IPVAW as a severe issue should focus on awareness-raising and on increasing country-level gender equality.

摘要

亲密伴侣对妇女的暴力行为 (IPVAW) 对妇女的健康和权利构成严重威胁。本研究调查了国家背景和性别平等在塑造个人对 IPVAW 严重性的看法方面的作用。Eurobarometer 对 27 个欧盟国家对 IPVAW 的态度调查的多层次逻辑回归分析表明，男性、年轻、受教育程度低、自我评估的社会地位低，特别是认为 IPVAW 不常见与认为 IPVAW 不太严重有关。在性别平等程度较低的国家，认为 IPVAW 不太严重的可能性更高。国家间差异占变异性的 14%，而国家层面的性别平等占国家间差异的 22%。