SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN TURKEY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS

Abstract

In this study, intimate partner violence against women is analyzed from a socio-economic perspective for Turkey. We use Turkish National Research on Domestic Violence Against  Women data sets for 2008 and 2014. We use binary outcome models to estimate the effect of socio-economic determinants on intimate partner violence. The education level of a woman reduces the probability of intimate partner violence, which is consistent with the predictions of household bargaining models. The physical, sexual, and psychological violence increases when the woman exceeds or even gets closer to the education level of the man.  Male backlash mechanisms explain the violence stemming from the education gap between a male and female partner. Although employment of women does not affect physical violence, it has a positive effect on the types of sexual and psychological violence. The work of women has triggered an increase in sexual and psychological violence. Male Backlash, the theories that define violence as an instrument, and financial extraction theories can explain this phenomenon.