Socio-economic status and domestic violence in Kabale municipality Kabale District Uganda
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Date
2012-09
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Kampala International University,College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
The study was based on socio-economic status and domestic violence in Kabale
Municipality, Kabale District-Uganda, being guided by the objectives including;
identifying forms of domestic violence, establishing economic factors that cause
domestic violence, establishing social factors that cause domestic violence,
establishing the relationship between socioeconomic status and domestic
violence and forging way forward for domestic violence. The study used crosssectional
research design alongside quantitative technique and used Simple
Random Sampling to select local council leaders, men, women and children.
Some of the findings for domestic violence were; physical injury, undermining
and being undermined, sexual violence, resources’ inaccessibility, probability of
abuse being high in both households of good and bad economic status,
accessing programmes that teach about peaceful living, promotion of girl-child
education, and mediation programmes to settle disputes. Some of the
recommendations of Domestic Violence were; need for further research into
matters to do with domestic violence, provision of reports to police, need for
guidance and counseling to the affected families and individuals. The conclusion
revealed a strong significant relationship between socio-economic status and
domestic violence among the people of Kabale Municipality-Western Uganda
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Of
Kampala International University Kampala, Ugandan Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Development Studies
Keywords
Socio-economic, Domestic violence, Kabale District