Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
Domestic Violence Against Women and its Causes: An Analysis from the Perspective of University Students
Authors : Özgün Bener and Gülay Günay
Abstract: This study aimed to establish the views of university students,
who will form the families of the future, on domestic violence against women
and its causes. Within the scope of the study, 200 students were included, selected
using the Stratified Random Sampling Method from among the students studying
at Hacettepe and Gazi Universities during the 2006-2007 academic year. Among
the students, the rate of those who were of the view that domestic violence
against women is widespread were in the majority (53.5%). Sixty percent of male
students (p<0.05) and 55% of freshman students were of the view that domestic
violence against women is not widespread. According to t-test results relating
students’ gender to their views on reasons for domestic violence against
women, the average score for the reason the woman getting pregnant was high
for both genders (female 
=
3.49; male < =3.75) (p<0.05).
How to cite this article:
Özgün Bener and Gülay Günay, 2009. Domestic Violence Against Women and its Causes: An Analysis from the Perspective of University Students. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 6: 277-286.