While extant research suggests that context, structural socioeconomic and cultural factors matter in intimate partner violence research, quantitative research on the subject in sub-Saharan Africa, and in particular Ghana, has disproportionately focused on prevalence and individual level correlates of spousal violence. This research has ignored the role of the structural socioeconomic and cultural factors and contexts in understanding the causes and consequences of spousal violence in a setting where family life is heavily influenced by traditional norms and beliefs. These norms and beliefs may lead to inadequate and ineffective interventions geared at preventing or reducing spousal violence and its consequences. Guided by an integrated theoretical approach, this study addresses these issues by estimating a multilevel logistic regression model where the effects of both individual and community level risk factors for spousal violence are assessed. Data for the study come from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey and the Ghana Population and Housing Census. The findings confirm the salient role of structural socioeconomic and cultural factors, such as patriarchal norms and residential instability, in the perpetration of spousal violence against women. Policy implications of these findings and directions for further research are discussed.

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加纳亲密伴侣暴力情境风险因素的多层次分析

虽然现有研究表明背景、结构性社会经济和文化因素在亲密伴侣暴力研究中很重要，但在撒哈拉以南非洲，特别是加纳，对该主题的定量研究过分关注配偶暴力的流行程度和个人层面的相关性。在家庭生活深受传统规范和信仰影响的环境中，这项研究忽略了结构性社会经济和文化因素和背景在理解配偶暴力的原因和后果方面的作用。这些规范和信念可能导致旨在预防或减少配偶暴力及其后果的干预措施不足和无效。以综合理论方法为指导，本研究通过估计多层次逻辑回归模型来解决这些问题，该模型评估了个人和社区层面的配偶暴力风险因素的影响。该研究的数据来自加纳人口和健康调查以及加纳人口和住房普查。调查结果证实了结构性社会经济和文化因素，如父权规范和居住不稳定，在配偶暴力侵害妇女行为中的突出作用。讨论了这些发现的政策含义和进一步研究的方向。调查结果证实了结构性社会经济和文化因素，如父权规范和居住不稳定，在配偶暴力侵害妇女行为中的突出作用。讨论了这些发现的政策含义和进一步研究的方向。调查结果证实了结构性社会经济和文化因素，如父权规范和居住不稳定，在配偶暴力侵害妇女行为中的突出作用。讨论了这些发现的政策含义和进一步研究的方向。