Prevalência e fatores associados a violência por parceiro íntimo contra mulheres adultas no Brasil: Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019

Nádia Machado de Vasconcelos; Fabiana Martins Dias de Andrade; Crizian Saar Gomes; Isabella Vitral Pinto; Deborah Carvalho Malta

doi:10.1590/1980-549720210020.supl.2

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Nádia Machado de Vasconcelos Programa de pós-graduação em Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-3064
Fabiana Martins Dias de Andrade Programa de pós-graduação em Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil.
Crizian Saar Gomes Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil
Isabella Vitral Pinto Programa de pós-graduação em Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil
Deborah Carvalho Malta Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720210020.supl.2

Keywords:

Intimate partner violence, Gender-based violence, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional studies, Health surveys

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and associated factors to intimate partner violence against adult women in Brazil. and to characterize its associated factors. Methods: Quantitative cross-sectional epidemiological study using the database of the National Health Survey 2019. The prevalence in the last 12 months and crude and adjusted prevalence ratios of intimate partner violence were calculated, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Intimate partner violence was reported by 7.6% of Brazilian women from 18 to 59 years old, with higher prevalence among younger women (8.96%), black women (9,05%), with lower education (8.55%) and low income (8.68%). After adjusted analysis, remained associated with intimate partner violence the age group 18 to 24 years old (1.41) and 25 to 39 years old (1.42) and lowest income (1.55). Conclusion: Intimate partner violence was associated to younger and poorest women. This result points to the need to develop intersectoral policies, especially the ones related to diminish the social inequalities and for coping with intimate partner violence among adult women.