1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The purposes of this paper are to present a holistic framework for understanding marital status differences in violence and provide an empirical verification of this framework using a national study conducted in Canada.» (p. 344)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«The data employed in this study are from Statistics Canada’s Violence AgainstWomen Survey (VAWS; Statistics Canada, 1994). […] The sample from the VAWS used in this study consists of 8,418 women living married or common-law at the time of the survey. There are 7,396 married respondents and 1,022 cohabiting respondents.» (p. 346)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Using a large-scale representative sample of Canada this study has demonstrated that women who cohabit, and those who cohabited with someone other than their husband prior to getting married, are more likely to experience violence than married women who have never cohabited with someone other than their husband. […] Having found that cohabitors, PC marrieds [prior cohabitation experience], and non-PC marrieds [without prior cohabitation experience] are three distinct groups with respect to violence, it would seem reasonable to conclude that for a better understanding of the causes of partner violence against women, disaggregation by marital status is warranted in future research.» (p. 360) Cet article fournit des statistiques et des comparaisons interprovinciales. À cet égard, les auteurs remarquent que la situation est particulière au Québec. «The results for the region variable show that the odds of violence against women in Quebec are lower than in any other region of Canada. Not only is this the case for marrieds, but also for cohabitors. […] Given the higher rate of violence among cohabitors, one might expect a higher likelihood of violence in Quebec. These results may point to the impact of culture on the development of relationship nomos in different marital status groups. It has been argued that the Quiet Revolution in Quebec has led to a less patriarchal culture […] and it seems possible that this explains both Quebec’s higher rate of cohabitation and its lower rate of violence.» (p. 356)