An Analysis on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey: Multinomial Logit Model

Özet

The present study empirically evaluates the socio-economic factors that affectthe domestic violence against women in Turkey. The types of violence against womenwas examined with the Multinomial Logit Model (MNLM) by the use of data receivedfrom the Survey on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey, which was performedby Turkish Statistical Institute for the year 2014. Empirical results show that physicaland sexual violence raises as the women’s age increase; and if the educational status ofthe women and their husbands was at and above university level, women faced lessdomestic violence. The results indicate that employment of women and husband did nothave any significant effects on physical violence and economic and emotional violence.It is observed that if women had their own income or earning, they received lesseconomic and emotional violence; and health insurance for women reduced thepossibility of all types of violence. The results reveal that women living in urban areaswere exposed to any type of violence more than those living in rural areas; and the badhabits of spouse (alcohol, gambling and drugs) increased every type of violence againstwomen.