Do Relative Status of Women and Marriage Characteristics Matter for the Intimate Partner Violence?

Kayaoğlu Yılmaz A.

JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES, vol.43, no.8, pp.2063-2086, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0192513x211030030
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Periodicals Index Online, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Violence & Abuse Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.2063-2086
  • Keywords: abuse, domestic violence, education, female employment, gender inequality, Turkey
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This article analyzes intimate partner violence (IPV) in a developing country context, namely, Turkey, which faces an enormous increase in femicide cases over the last decade. Analyzing a very rich nationwide representative survey on IPV, we show that it is not only the absolute status of women but also their relative status in terms of income and education that affects different types of domestic violence, ranging from emotional abuse to physical and sexual violence. Besides, factors related to marriage setting are found to have a significant role in the effect of women's superior status on IPV. Overall, we provide evidence to support the relative resource theory and invalidate the intra-household bargaining model in the Turkish case.