Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey

Economic violence is referred to as any act that controls a victim’s ability to acquire, use, and gain resources, which threatens the victim’s economic security. This type of violence against women has largely been neglected in most literature, despite intimate partner violence being one of the more...

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Main Authors: Immanuel, Antonio, Limbaco, Kevin Michael, Raquedan, Virgil, Roque, John Robert L., Conchada, Mitzie Irene P., Sobreviñas, Alellie B., Inocencio, Arlene B.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:res_aki-10892023-07-04T06:00:21Z Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey Immanuel, Antonio Limbaco, Kevin Michael Raquedan, Virgil Roque, John Robert L. Conchada, Mitzie Irene P. Sobreviñas, Alellie B. Inocencio, Arlene B. Economic violence is referred to as any act that controls a victim’s ability to acquire, use, and gain resources, which threatens the victim’s economic security. This type of violence against women has largely been neglected in most literature, despite intimate partner violence being one of the more pervasive social problems globally. Most empirical studies focus on physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, or a combination of these, necessitating the study of economic violence, particularly in low- and middle-income nations such as the Philippines.High-income countries showed a lower lifetime prevalence of economic violence given that these countries have better-developed protective laws, and economic ability and rights for women. Although other studies like Antai et al. (2014), Yount et al. (2016), Adams et al. (2015), and Asencios-Gonzales (2018) looked into the association between economic violence and other demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in a year and did not consider husband/partner’s alcohol consumption, we examine numerous factors that are associated with the occurrence of economic violence to women in the Philippines between two time periods. In the National Demographic and Health Surveys, the binary logistic regression model was applied to pooled cross-sectional weighted data from women aged 15 to 49 years old in the Philippines, in 2013 and 2017. The analysis of this study only includes weighted observations of women who are currently in a union. Results showed that economic violence is strongly associated with other forms of violence—physical, emotional, and sexual violence. Measures of socioeconomic inequalities and other explanatory variables have shown that having more children, lower educational attainment, and having a husband who drinks alcohol were significantly associated with increasing the odds of experiencing economic violence. This suggests that there is a need to address the factors that contribute to economic violence to put a stop to the prevalence of economic abuse against women in the Philippines. 2022-11-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/89 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/res_aki/article/1089/viewcontent/Economic_violence_and_its_associated_factors_on_Filipina_women.pdf Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies Animo Repository economic violence intimate partner violence human capital National Demographic and Health Surveys binary logistic regression model Multivariate analysis Socioeconomic variables Behavioral variables Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Gender and Sexuality Other Economics
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
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topic economic violence
intimate partner violence
human capital
National Demographic and Health Surveys
binary logistic regression model
Multivariate analysis
Socioeconomic variables
Behavioral variables
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
Gender and Sexuality
Other Economics
spellingShingle economic violence
intimate partner violence
human capital
National Demographic and Health Surveys
binary logistic regression model
Multivariate analysis
Socioeconomic variables
Behavioral variables
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
Gender and Sexuality
Other Economics
Immanuel, Antonio
Limbaco, Kevin Michael
Raquedan, Virgil
Roque, John Robert L.
Conchada, Mitzie Irene P.
Sobreviñas, Alellie B.
Inocencio, Arlene B.
Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
description Economic violence is referred to as any act that controls a victim’s ability to acquire, use, and gain resources, which threatens the victim’s economic security. This type of violence against women has largely been neglected in most literature, despite intimate partner violence being one of the more pervasive social problems globally. Most empirical studies focus on physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, or a combination of these, necessitating the study of economic violence, particularly in low- and middle-income nations such as the Philippines.High-income countries showed a lower lifetime prevalence of economic violence given that these countries have better-developed protective laws, and economic ability and rights for women. Although other studies like Antai et al. (2014), Yount et al. (2016), Adams et al. (2015), and Asencios-Gonzales (2018) looked into the association between economic violence and other demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in a year and did not consider husband/partner’s alcohol consumption, we examine numerous factors that are associated with the occurrence of economic violence to women in the Philippines between two time periods. In the National Demographic and Health Surveys, the binary logistic regression model was applied to pooled cross-sectional weighted data from women aged 15 to 49 years old in the Philippines, in 2013 and 2017. The analysis of this study only includes weighted observations of women who are currently in a union. Results showed that economic violence is strongly associated with other forms of violence—physical, emotional, and sexual violence. Measures of socioeconomic inequalities and other explanatory variables have shown that having more children, lower educational attainment, and having a husband who drinks alcohol were significantly associated with increasing the odds of experiencing economic violence. This suggests that there is a need to address the factors that contribute to economic violence to put a stop to the prevalence of economic abuse against women in the Philippines.
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author Immanuel, Antonio
Limbaco, Kevin Michael
Raquedan, Virgil
Roque, John Robert L.
Conchada, Mitzie Irene P.
Sobreviñas, Alellie B.
Inocencio, Arlene B.
author_facet Immanuel, Antonio
Limbaco, Kevin Michael
Raquedan, Virgil
Roque, John Robert L.
Conchada, Mitzie Irene P.
Sobreviñas, Alellie B.
Inocencio, Arlene B.
author_sort Immanuel, Antonio
title Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
title_short Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
title_full Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
title_fullStr Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
title_full_unstemmed Economic Violence and its Associated Factors on Filipina Women: Evidence from the 2013 and 2017 Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey
title_sort economic violence and its associated factors on filipina women: evidence from the 2013 and 2017 philippines national demographic and health survey
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2022
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/89
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