At the start of the study, 8% of women born 1973-78, and 12% of women born 1946-51, had experienced intimate partner violence. Sixteen years later, 26% of women born 1973-78 had experienced intimate partner violence compared with 16% of women born 1946-51. Of the 3,568 women born 1921-26, 184 (5%) reported having experienced intimate partner violence in the first survey. Across health measures including physical functioning, social functioning, general health, bodily pain, vitality, and emotional and mental health, women who had experienced intimate partner violence “recorded significantly poorer health than women who never experienced intimate partner violence, across generations and along the life course”. (Reuters )“Results for physical health are strongly suggestive of a lifetime deficit in physical health that is associated with intimate partner violence,” the paper says.

Source: Hindustan Times June 13, 2017 06:22 UTC