10.1177/1077801204272129VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN / March 2005Flake / DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PERU Individual, Family, and Community Risk Markers for Domestic Violence in Peru

This study draws on an ecological framework in testing relationships between individ-ual, family, and community characteristics and the likelihood of women experiencing domestic violence in Peru. The sample of 15,991 women was taken from the 2000 Peru Demographic and Health Survey. Logistic regression models revealed that at the individ-ual level, low educational attainment, early union formation, and a violent family back-ground increase a woman’s likelihood of abuse. Family-level risk markers include cohabi-tation, large family size, partner alcohol consumption, employment, and a woman’s having higher status than her husband. At the community level, living in a noncoastal area and having an urban residence increase the likelihood of abuse