Intimate Partner Violence and Interference with Women's Efforts to Avoid Pregnancy in Jordan

  1. Cari Jo Clark1,
  2. Jay Silverman2,
  3. Inaam A. Khalaf3,
  4. Basem Abu Ra'ad4,
  5. Zeinab Abu Al Sha'ar5,
  6. Abdullah Abu Al Ata6,
  7. Anwar Batieha7

Article first published online: 20 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00159.x

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Studies in Family Planning

Studies in Family Planning

Volume 39, Issue 2, pages 123–132, June 2008

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Clark, C. J., Silverman, J., Khalaf, I. A., Abu Ra'ad, B., Abu Al Sha'ar, Z., Abu Al Ata, A. and Batieha, A. (2008), Intimate Partner Violence and Interference with Women's Efforts to Avoid Pregnancy in Jordan. Studies in Family Planning, 39: 123–132. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00159.x

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  1. 1

    Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive West, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: cjclark@hsph.harvard.edu.

  2. 2

    Associate Professor, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health.

  3. 3

    Dean, Faculty of Nursing, and Associate Professor, Maternal and Child Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman.

  4. 4

    Former Executive Director, Board of Directors, Jordanian Association for Family Planning and Protection, Amman.

  5. 5

    Former Medical Services Director, Board of Directors, Jordanian Association for Family Planning and Protection, Amman.

  6. 6

    Former Chairman, Board of Directors, Jordanian Association for Family Planning and Protection, Amman.

  7. 7

    Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid.

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  1. Issue published online: 20 MAY 2008
  2. Article first published online: 20 MAY 2008

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This study examines the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and women's experience of interference with their attempts to avoid pregnancy among 353 women surveyed at reproductive health clinics throughout Jordan. Approximately 20 percent of respondents indicated that their husbands or someone else had interfered. Among those others than husbands who were identified, mothers-in-law were the most frequently mentioned, followed by the respondents' mothers and sisters-in-law. Multivariate logistic regression was used to control for potential confounders in determining whether each of the three measures of intimate partner violence (physical violence, sexual violence, and controlling behaviors) was significantly associated with having an increased risk of experiencing interference, as were several sociodemographic variables: nonconsanguineous marriage, residence with in-laws, and rural residence. Physicians, nurses, and family planning counselors must be made aware of the challenges that women may face from their families when they attempt to regulate their fertility.

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