Abstract:

This study examines the violence against women with 400 voluntary female participants who applied to Community Centers in the city center of Canakkale. The study measures the rates of women who experienced physical, economic, verbal-psychological and sexual violence types. At the first stage, a 43-person trial run was completed. After the trial run, the survey was given its final form. Before interviews, participants were informed about the aim of the study, confidential policy, how data would be evaluated and stored, and written and verbal consents were obtained. A team of six female interviewers was composed in Community Centers for surveying. According to the results of the study, the rate of the women who stated that they were subjected to physical violence in their lifetime is found as %54.6, economic violence as %51.2, verbal-psychological violence as %55.7, and sexual violence as %50.8. After examining the perpetration level of various violence types against women, the study formed a binary logistic regression model in order to determine the risk factors of physical violence against women. As a result of the analysis, several significant risk factors have been determined in relation to physical violence against women, which are as follows: Household income accounting below 1500TL ($700) (OR =%1.9895 CI: 0,279-0,915), woman’s education below high school level (OR =1,9195% CI: 0,273-0,997), intervention to the dressing style (OR =%3.8195 CI: 0,115-0,586), refusing the need for a head for the family (OR =%2.1395 CI: 0,256-0,857), and being subject to violence at childhood (OR =%2.6395 CI: 0,014-0,100).

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