Ethnic identity and intimate partner violence in a New Zealand birth cohort Marie, Dannette; Fergusson, D.M. (David Murray); Boden, Joseph M.
By: Marie, Dannette
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Contributor(s): Boden, Joseph M | Fergusson, David M.
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ArticlePublisher: Wellington, New Zealand Ministry of Social Development 2008ISSN: 1172-4382.Subject(s): ĀHUATANGA ŌHANGA | ĀHUATANGA PĀPORI | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | Christchurch Health and Development Study | CULTURAL DIFFERENCES | DEMOGRAPHICS | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ETHNICITY | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MĀORI | RISK FACTORS | SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS | STATISTICS | TATAURANGA | TATAURANGA TAUPORI | TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website
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Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, March 2008, 33: 126-145Summary: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue of growing concern in New Zealand, with particular concerns being raised about the over-representation of Māori in surveys of IPV. The present study examined the associations between ethnic identity and IPV in a longitudinal birth cohort of individuals born in Christchurch in 1977. Those participants of Māori identity reported higher rates of both IPV victimisation and perpetration than non-Māori, as well as higher rates of injury related to IPV. Control for a range of socio-economic and family functioning factors reduced the magnitude of the associations between ethnic identity and IPV victimisation, perpetration and injury, but the associations remained substantial. It was concluded that higher rates of IPV among Māori were not explained by cultural factors, and were largely explained by ethnic differences in exposure to socio-economic factors and exposure to family problems in childhood.
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Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, March 2008, 33: 126-145
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an issue of growing concern in New Zealand, with particular concerns being raised about the over-representation of Māori in surveys of IPV. The present study examined the associations between ethnic identity and IPV in a longitudinal birth cohort of individuals born in Christchurch in 1977. Those participants of Māori identity reported higher rates of both IPV victimisation and perpetration than non-Māori, as well as higher rates of injury related to IPV. Control for a range of socio-economic and family functioning factors reduced the magnitude of the associations between ethnic identity and IPV victimisation, perpetration and injury, but the associations remained substantial. It was concluded that higher rates of IPV among Māori were not explained by cultural factors, and were largely explained by ethnic differences in exposure to socio-economic factors and exposure to family problems in childhood.
