This article focuses on male violence against women. As it takes place in what is often considered to be ‘the private sphere’ of the home, violence is difficult to prove, to measure, to prevent and easy to ignore. A multi-country study (WHO, 2005, WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women: Summary report of initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women’s responses, Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization) shows that there are wide variations between countries resulting in 15 per cent to 71 per cent of women aged between 15 and 49 years saying that they have been victims of physical or sexual violence in intimate relationships. This article reviews and summarises literature that analyse types of economic costs that result from domestic violence and abuse perpetrated against women.

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对男性暴力侵害女性的经济后果和成本的回顾

本文重点关注男性对女性的暴力行为。由于它发生在通常被认为是家庭“私人领域”的地方，暴力很难证明、衡量、预防，也很容易被忽视。一项多国研究（世卫组织，2005 年，世卫组织关于妇女健康和家庭暴力侵害妇女行为的多国研究：关于流行率、健康结果和妇女反应的初步结果摘要报告，瑞士日内瓦：世界卫生组织）表明，有国家之间的巨大差异导致 15% 至 71% 的 15 至 49 岁妇女说她们在亲密关系中遭受过身体或性暴力。本文回顾并总结了分析因对妇女实施的家庭暴力和虐待所导致的经济成本类型的文献。