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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) has increasingly received attention in the last three decades. However, IPV-related studies in both high- and low- and middle-income countries adopted a victim-oriented perspective in which men are perpetrators and women, the victims. Using socio-cultural and resource theories as guiding frameworks, this paper assessed the associations between men\'s education and IPV in Central Africa, using nationally representative data of married and cohabiting women of reproductive ages.
METHODS: Data included in the analyses come from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Gabon, and Chad. Analyzed sub-samples consisted of 3421, 5023, 3930, and 3221 married/cohabiting women of reproductive ages in Chad, DRC, Cameroon, and Gabon, respectively.
RESULTS: Findings indicated significant variations of IPV prevalence within and across countries. Previous research demonstrated that men\'s education is a protective factor in health-related studies. The present study, however, provide no clear evidence on the linkages between men\'s education and IPV. In contrast, the paper substantiated that highly educated women were at higher risks of IPV when spouses/partners were less educated.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings have policy and programmatic implications because they might impede progress towards SDG goals on the elimination of all forms of violence against girls and women in Central Africa, which recorded the worst development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. On a methodological note, studies are increasingly using pooled data to increase statistical power. Those studies can be very limited to devise effective IPV-interventions since they mask geographical variations within and across countries. More effective IPV-interventions should be culturally rooted and accounting for geographical variations because some areas are more affected than others.
METHODS: Data included in the analyses come from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, Gabon, and Chad. Analyzed sub-samples consisted of 3421, 5023, 3930, and 3221 married/cohabiting women of reproductive ages in Chad, DRC, Cameroon, and Gabon, respectively.
RESULTS: Findings indicated significant variations of IPV prevalence within and across countries. Previous research demonstrated that men\'s education is a protective factor in health-related studies. The present study, however, provide no clear evidence on the linkages between men\'s education and IPV. In contrast, the paper substantiated that highly educated women were at higher risks of IPV when spouses/partners were less educated.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings have policy and programmatic implications because they might impede progress towards SDG goals on the elimination of all forms of violence against girls and women in Central Africa, which recorded the worst development indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. On a methodological note, studies are increasingly using pooled data to increase statistical power. Those studies can be very limited to devise effective IPV-interventions since they mask geographical variations within and across countries. More effective IPV-interventions should be culturally rooted and accounting for geographical variations because some areas are more affected than others.
摘要：
背景：在过去的三十年中，亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）越来越受到关注。然而,高收入国家和低收入和中等收入国家的IPV相关研究采用了以受害者为导向的观点，即男性是肇事者，女性是肇事者，受害者。以社会文化和资源理论为指导框架，本文评估了中非男性教育与IPV之间的关系，使用已婚和同居育龄妇女的全国代表性数据。
方法：分析中包含的数据来自刚果民主共和国（DRC）的人口和健康调查（DHS），喀麦隆,加蓬,还有乍得.分析的子样本包括乍得育龄期的3421、5023、3930和3221名已婚/同居妇女，DRC,喀麦隆,还有加蓬,分别。
结果：研究结果表明，各国和各国之间的IPV患病率存在显著差异。先前的研究表明，男性的教育是健康相关研究中的一个保护因素。本研究,然而,没有提供关于男性教育和IPV之间联系的明确证据。相比之下,该论文证实,当配偶/伴侣受教育程度较低时,受过高等教育的女性患IPV的风险较高.
结论：这些发现具有政策和方案意义，因为它们可能会阻碍实现可持续发展目标，即在中部非洲消除一切形式的暴力侵害女孩和妇女行为，记录了撒哈拉以南非洲最差的发展指标。在方法论上，研究越来越多地使用汇总数据来提高统计能力。这些研究对于设计有效的IPV干预措施可能非常有限，因为它们掩盖了国家内部和国家之间的地理差异。更有效的IPV干预措施应在文化上扎根，并考虑地理差异，因为某些地区比其他地区受到的影响更大。
方法：分析中包含的数据来自刚果民主共和国（DRC）的人口和健康调查（DHS），喀麦隆,加蓬,还有乍得.分析的子样本包括乍得育龄期的3421、5023、3930和3221名已婚/同居妇女，DRC,喀麦隆,还有加蓬,分别。
结果：研究结果表明，各国和各国之间的IPV患病率存在显著差异。先前的研究表明，男性的教育是健康相关研究中的一个保护因素。本研究,然而,没有提供关于男性教育和IPV之间联系的明确证据。相比之下,该论文证实,当配偶/伴侣受教育程度较低时,受过高等教育的女性患IPV的风险较高.
结论：这些发现具有政策和方案意义，因为它们可能会阻碍实现可持续发展目标，即在中部非洲消除一切形式的暴力侵害女孩和妇女行为，记录了撒哈拉以南非洲最差的发展指标。在方法论上，研究越来越多地使用汇总数据来提高统计能力。这些研究对于设计有效的IPV干预措施可能非常有限，因为它们掩盖了国家内部和国家之间的地理差异。更有效的IPV干预措施应在文化上扎根，并考虑地理差异，因为某些地区比其他地区受到的影响更大。
