Abstract

GONZALEZ GALBAN, Humberto; IGLESIAS LINARES, Mildred; MENA MARTINEZ, Mercedes  and  FERNANDEZ DE JUAN, Teresa. Violence in relationships: a little explored phenomenon. Rev Nov Pob [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.30, pp. 21-32.  Epub Apr 15, 2020. ISSN 1817-4078.

Domestic violence in partner relationships, particularly what happens in the intrafamily setting, has been a little studied topic in Cuba. Available information reveals that studies on this topic have not been representative of the whole population nor do they allow an understanding of the real magnitude where this phenomenon is present. This social issue is the motive of this article, having the purpose of showing the magnitude in which the referred process occurs in stable partner relationships in the country and to explore some associated variables.

For this purpose, the Survey on Prevention Indicators for HIV/aids Infection that was conducted in 2013, representative of the whole population of Cuba aged 12-49 who reside in the country was used. Included in the survey was a set of questions that identified whether the person had been a victim of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse by their partner in the period of reference of the previous year. In this way it was known that violence affects more than half of Cuban couples, regardless of whether it is received by the man or the woman, or of the social demographic characteristics to which the aforementioned are associated, although small differences were detected regarding this that will be analyzed here.

Keywords : Cuba; family; pair relationships; violence.

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