Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 772-777

Factors associated with intimate partner violence by a former partner by immigration status and length of residence in Canada (Article)

Du Mont J.* , Hyman I. , O'Brien K. , White M.E. , Odette F. , Tyyskä V.
  • a Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • b Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • c Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • d Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • e Springtide Resources, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • f Department of Sociology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

Purpose: We examined intimate partner violence (IPV) by a former partner among Canadian-born and immigrant women by length of residence in Canada. Methods: Data from a 2009 national, population-based, telephone survey were used to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with any type of IPV (emotional, financial, physical, and/or sexual) by a former partner with whom there had been contact in the previous 5 years among immigrant women 0 to 19 years in Canada, 20 or more years or longer in Canada, and Canadian-born women (n = 1681). Results: Of immigrant women in Canada for 0 to 19 years, 41.6% had experienced IPV by a former partner; for immigrant women in Canada for 20 or more years or longer, 60.6%, and Canadian-born women, 61.5% (P = 0423). In a logistic regression model adjusted for age and other sociodemographic characteristics, immigrant women in Canada for 0 to 19 years were less likely than Canadian-born women to experience any IPV (odds ratio, 0.266; 95% confidence interval, 0.130-0.544). There was no difference in the occurrence of any IPV between immigrant women in Canada 20 or more years or longer and Canadian-born women. Conclusions: High rates of any IPV by a former partner were found for both Canadian-born and immigrant women. Within immigrant communities, specific prevention campaigns should address the high risk of experiencing IPV at later stages of resettlement. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.

Author Keywords

emigrants and immigrants violence Women

Index Keywords

Interpersonal Relations demography Continental Population Groups human immigration middle aged Odds Ratio Sexual Partners economic aspect controlled study Confidence Intervals priority journal Time Factors Logistic Models emotional abuse Spouse Abuse Residence Characteristics Young Adult Humans Adolescent male Canada Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors Risk Factors prevalence sexual abuse Article Telephone partner violence adult Age Factors Emigration and Immigration health survey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.09.001
ISSN: 10472797
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English