ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Country-Level Educational Attainment Indicators Predict Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
- Chelsea Wessel Sloan
Fielding Graduate University - Caitlyn Cowen
Fielding Graduate University - Diana Kundrotaite
Fielding Graduate University - Kristine Jacquin
Fielding Graduate University
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between educational attainment indicators and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime archival data from 197 countries were analyzed. Results indicate that IPV rates against women increase as educational attainment rates increase.
Criminal Justice