Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study
dc.contributor.author | Doolan, Katherine | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Ehrlich, Rodney | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Myer, Landon | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-09T13:22:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-09T13:22:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding. Social epidemiology approaches this variable as a primary determinant of interest and is used in this research to better understand the aetiology of violence in South Africa. We hypothesised that measures of socioeconomic position (employment, education and household wealth) would be inversely related to violence at the individual and household levels. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Data came from the1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS). Measures of socioeconomic position used were employment, education and household wealth. Eighty-eight people (0.2%) received treatment for a violent injury in the previous 30 days and 103 households (0.9%) experienced a violent death in the previous year. Risk factors for violence at the individual level included employment (41% of those who experienced violence were employed vs. 27% of those who did not, p = 0.02), and education (those who experienced violence had on average, one year more education than those who did not, p = 0.04). Belonging to a household in the wealthiest quintile was protective against violence (OR: 0.32; 95% CI: 0.12-0.89). In contrast, at the household level all three measures of socioeconomic position were protective against the experience of a violent death. The only association to persist in the multivariate analysis was that between the wealth of the household and violence at the individual level. Conclusions/Significance Our hypothesis was supported if household wealth was used as the measure of socioeconomic position at the individual level. While more research is needed to inform the conflicting results observed between the individual and household levels, this analysis has begun to identify the disparities across the socioeconomic structure with respect to violent outcomes. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Doolan, K., Ehrlich, R., & Myer, L. (2007). Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14791 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Doolan, Katherine, Rodney Ehrlich, and Landon Myer "Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study." <i>PLoS One</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14791 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Doolan, K., Ehrlich, R., & Myer, L. (2007). Experience of violence and socioeconomic position in South Africa: a national study. Plos One, 2(12), e1290. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001290 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Doolan, Katherine AU - Ehrlich, Rodney AU - Myer, Landon AB - BACKGROUND: Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding. Social epidemiology approaches this variable as a primary determinant of interest and is used in this research to better understand the aetiology of violence in South Africa. We hypothesised that measures of socioeconomic position (employment, education and household wealth) would be inversely related to violence at the individual and household levels. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Data came from the1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS). Measures of socioeconomic position used were employment, education and household wealth. Eighty-eight people (0.2%) received treatment for a violent injury in the previous 30 days and 103 households (0.9%) experienced a violent death in the previous year. Risk factors for violence at the individual level included employment (41% of those who experienced violence were employed vs. 27% of those who did not, p = 0.02), and education (those who experienced violence had on average, one year more education than those who did not, p = 0.04). Belonging to a household in the wealthiest quintile was protective against violence (OR: 0.32; 95% CI: 0.12-0.89). In contrast, at the household level all three measures of socioeconomic position were protective against the experience of a violent death. The only association to persist in the multivariate analysis was that between the wealth of the household and violence at the individual level. Conclusions/Significance Our hypothesis was supported if household wealth was used as the measure of socioeconomic position at the individual level. While more research is needed to inform the conflicting results observed between the individual and household levels, this analysis has begun to identify the disparities across the socioeconomic structure with respect to violent outcomes. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0001290 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study TI - Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14791 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14791 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001290 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Doolan K, Ehrlich R, Myer L. Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study. PLoS One. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14791. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | © 2007 Doolan et al | en_ZA |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_ZA |
dc.source | PLoS One | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://journals.plos.org/plosone | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Violent crime | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Socioeconomic aspects of health | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Demography | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Employment | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Social research | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Public and occupational health | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Social epidemiology | en_ZA |
dc.title | Experience of Violence and Socioeconomic Position in South Africa: A National Study | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |
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