TY - JOUR
T1 - Intimate partner violence in Europe
T2 - design and methods of a multinational study
AU - Costa, Diogo
AU - Soares, Joaquim J.F.
AU - Lindert, Jutta
AU - Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni
AU - Karlsso, Andreas
AU - Sundin, Örjan
AU - Toth, Olga
AU - Ioannidi-Kapolou, Ellisabeth
AU - Degomme, Olivier
AU - Cervilla, Jorge
AU - Barros, Henrique
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Objective: To describe the design, methods, procedures and characteristics of the population involved in a study designed to compare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in eight European countries. Methods: Women and men aged 18-65, living in Ghent-Belgium (n= 245), Stuttgart-Germany (n= 546), Athens-Greece (n= 548), Budapest-Hungary (n= 604), Porto-Portugal (n= 635), Granada-Spain (n= 138), Östersund-Sweden (n= 592), London-United Kingdom (n= 571), were sampled and administered a common questionnaire. Chi-square goodness of fit and five-age strata population fractions ratios for sex and education were computed to evaluate samples' representativeness. Results: Differences in the age distributions were found among women from Sweden and Portugal and among men from Belgium, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden. Over-recruitment of more educated respondents was noted in all sites. Conclusion: The use of a common research protocol with the same structured questionnaire is likely to provide accurate estimates of the general population IPV frequency, despite limitations in probabilistic sampling and restrictions in methods of administration.
AB - Objective: To describe the design, methods, procedures and characteristics of the population involved in a study designed to compare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in eight European countries. Methods: Women and men aged 18-65, living in Ghent-Belgium (n= 245), Stuttgart-Germany (n= 546), Athens-Greece (n= 548), Budapest-Hungary (n= 604), Porto-Portugal (n= 635), Granada-Spain (n= 138), Östersund-Sweden (n= 592), London-United Kingdom (n= 571), were sampled and administered a common questionnaire. Chi-square goodness of fit and five-age strata population fractions ratios for sex and education were computed to evaluate samples' representativeness. Results: Differences in the age distributions were found among women from Sweden and Portugal and among men from Belgium, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden. Over-recruitment of more educated respondents was noted in all sites. Conclusion: The use of a common research protocol with the same structured questionnaire is likely to provide accurate estimates of the general population IPV frequency, despite limitations in probabilistic sampling and restrictions in methods of administration.
KW - Europe
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Men
KW - Methods
KW - Multi-centre study
KW - Women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887616524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.03.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 23643717
AN - SCOPUS:84887616524
SN - 0213-9111
VL - 27
SP - 558
EP - 561
JO - Gaceta Sanitaria
JF - Gaceta Sanitaria
IS - 6
ER -
