Spain’s financial crisis has been characterized by an
increase in unemployment. This increase could have produced an increase in
deaths of women due to intimate partner-related femicides (IPF). This study
aims to determine whether the increase in unemployment among both sexes in
different regions in Spain is related to an increase in the rates of IPF during
the current financial crisis period.
An ecological longitudinal study was carried out in Spain’s
17 regions. Two study periods were defined: pre-crisis period (2005–2007) and
crisis period (2008–2013). IPF rates adjusted by age and unemployment rates for
men and women were calculated. We fitted multilevel linear regression models in
which observations at level 1 were nested within regions according to a
repeated measurements design.
Rates of unemployment have progressively increased in Spain,
rising above 20 % from 2008 to 2013 in some regions. IPF rates decreased
in some regions during crisis period with respect to pre-crisis period. The
multilevel analysis does not support the existence of a significant
relationship between the increase in unemployment in men and women and the
decrease in IPF since 2008.
The increase in unemployment in men and women in Spain does
not appear to have an effect on IPF. The results of the multilevel analysis
discard the hypothesis that the increase in the rates of unemployment in women
and men are related to an increase in IPF rates.
The decline in IPF since 2008 might be interpreted as the
result of exposure to other factors such as the lower frequency of divorces in
recent years or the medium term effects of the integral protection measures of
the law on gender violence that began in 2005.
Below: Spain time series for unemployment rates of men and women and intimate partner-related femicide rates (2005–2013)
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By: J. Torrubiano-Domínguez1*, C. Vives-Cases12, M. San-Sebastián3, B. Sanz-Barbero24, I. Goicolea13 and C. Álvarez-Dardet12 https://twitter.com/UmeaUniversity
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