AUTHOR=Restrepo Alexandra , Montoya Nilton , Zuluaga Laura 

TITLE=Typologies of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Five Latin-American Countries: A Latent Class Analysis

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 67 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604000

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2022.1604000

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objectives:  To estimate typologies of Intimate Partner Violence against women in some Latin American countries.
Results: The three-class model had a better fit and interpretation. 1) The high-level IPV class (23%) comprised those suffering high levels of violence. They had higher education and wealth index, lived in urban settings, and their husbands used alcohol more. 2) The middle-level IPV class (45%) suffered high levels of control but low levels of other violence. They justified IPV more than other classes and had a high proportion of women without education. 3) women in the non-IPV class represented 32% of the sample and they did not report IPV. 
Conclusion: Three typologies of IPV were found: high-level, middle-level, and non-IPV. Policies should create screening, early prevention strategies, and programs based on these typologies. Policies should include early prevention strategies to address cultural and socioeconomic factors causes of IPV. The high-level IPV group can benefit from intense legal and mental health interventions including alcohol reduction, and women’s empowerment. The middle-level of IPV group could benefit from interventions to reduce violence justification and increase women's education.