Ensuring the comparability of cross-national survey data on intimate partner violence against women: A cross-sectional, population-based study in the European Union
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
BMJDate
2020-03-04Citation
10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032231
BMJ Open 10.3 (2020): e032231
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2044-6055DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032231Funded by
This research was supported by grants PSI2017-84764-P (EG, ML) and BES-2015-075576 (MMF) from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and CompetitivenessProject
Gobierno de España. BES-2015-075576Editor's Version
http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032231Subjects
cross-national research; European Union; intimate partner violence; measurement invariance; psychometrics; public health; PsicologíaRights
© 2020 Author(s) (or their employer(s))Abstract
Objectives To ensure the cross-national comparability of the set of questions addressing physical and sexual intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) included in the European Union (EU) Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey. Once the measurement invariance of these measures is established, we aim to make appropriate and valid comparisons of the levels of physical and sexual IPVAW across the EU countries. Design Cross-sectional, population-based study. Participants Data were drawn from the survey conducted by the FRA on violence against women, including the responses of 42 002 adult women from the 28 countries of the EU. Main outcome measures The set of questions addressing lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual IPVAW used in the FRA survey. The psychometric properties (ie, reliability and validity) of these measures were examined, as well as their latent structure and their measurement invariance across the 28 EU countries. Results The physical and sexual IPVAW measures presented adequate internal consistency and validity evidence based on their relations to other variables in all countries. A latent two-factor structure was supported and scalar invariance was established across countries. Our results showed that the average levels of physical and sexual IPVAW were highest in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and UK compared with the rest of the EU countries. In many of the other countries the levels of these types of violence overlapped, especially in the case of sexual IPVAW. Conclusions The findings of this study showed that the set of questions addressing physical and sexual IPVAW included in the FRA survey can be compared across all EU countries, highlighting the importance of testing the measurement equivalence of the instruments used in large sociodemographic surveys in order to make valid cross-national comparisons.
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Gracia, Enrique
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Lila, Marisol
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