Gupta, Rajiv KKumari, RashmiSingh, ParveenLanger, Bhavna2020-10-162020-10-162019-01Gupta Rajiv K, Kumari Rashmi, Singh Parveen, Langer Bhavna. Domestic Violence: A Community based cross sectional study among rural married females in North West India. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2019 Jan; 2019 Jan: 35-410972-1177http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/211034Violence against women a social evil in the society despite a lot of talk of women empowerment. Assessmentof burden in terms of prevalence will go a long way in planning the services for those affected bydomestic violence. To find the prevalence of domestic violence and associated risk factors among marriedfemales in a rural area of Jammu. This community based cross-sectional study was conducted amongrural married females using a structured and pretested questionnaire. Data was analysed using simpleproportions, chi-square test and logistic regression. 171/301(56.6%) of the respondents reported someform of the domestic violence. Psychological, physical and sexual violence rates were found to be32.16%, 9.9% and 2.33% respectively. A statistically significant association was found with variables likeliteracy, type of family, family income, sex of children etc. Relatively high levels of domestic violence inthis rural setting calls for a multidisciplinary approach involving improvement of literacy levels amongfemales, creating awareness about legal aid and screening the victims at primary health centres to mitigatethis problem.Domestic ViolencePrevalenceRisk FactorsRural Married FemalesJournal ArticleIndiaDeptt. of PSM, Govt. Medical College, Jammu.(J&K), India