Is the 'Nordic Paradox' an illusion? Measuring intimate partner violence against women in Europe
Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Gómez-Casillas, Amalia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Data:	2020
Resum:	Recent studies suggest that intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Europe is highest among some of the most gender egalitarian countries in the world, like Sweden, Finland and Denmark. This paper aims at disentangling the so-called Nordic Paradox. We have decomposed traditional IPV indicators into a 'previous partner' and 'current partner' components and presented new IPV indicators that are sensitive to the frequency of victimization. The new indicators are based on aggregated data from Agency for Fundamental Rights Survey on violence against women for the 28 EU Member States. The country rankings in terms of IPV levels change substantially when overall prevalence measures are substituted by their 'previous partner' and 'current partner' components and, especially, when considering the frequency of victimization. When comparing the traditional IPV prevalence ranking with the current partner violence repetition-sensitive indicator ranking, the Nordic countries fall several positions. Our findings suggest that the prevalence of IPV tends to be higher in more gender egalitarian countries because union formation and dissolution occur more often, but not because men are necessarily more violent against their partners.
Ajuts:	European Commission 637768 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RYC-2013-14196 Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-096730-B-I00
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Matèria:	Gender-based violence ; Violence against women ; Intimate partner violence ; European Union ; 'Nordic Paradox'
Publicat a:	International journal of public health, Núm. 65 (2020) , p. 1169-1179, ISSN 1661-8556

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