@article{fdi:010079831,
  title = {{A} latent class analysis of attitudes concerning the acceptability of intimate partner violence in rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{S}andberg, {J}. and {F}ennell, {R}. and {B}oujija, {Y}. and {D}ouillot, {L}. and {D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie and {B}ignami, {S}. and {X}ie, {W}. {B}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {R}ytina, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground {R}esearch concerning the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence ({IPV}), particularly in less developed areas of the world, has become prominent in the last two decades. {A}lthough a number of potential causal factors have been investigated the current consensus is that attitudes toward {IPV} on the individual level, likely representing perceptions of normative behavior, and the normative acceptability of {IPV} on the aggregate level likely play key roles. {M}easurement of both is generally approached through either binary indicators of acceptability of any type of {IPV} or additive composite indexes of multiple indicators. {B}oth strategies imply untested assumptions which potentially have important implications for both research into the causes and consequences of {IPV} as well as interventions aimed to reduce its prevalence. {M}ethods {U}sing survey data from rural {S}enegal collected in 2014, this analysis estimates latent class measurement models of attitudes concerning the acceptability of {IPV}. {W}e investigate the dimensional structure of {IPV} ideation and test the parallel indicator assumption implicit in common measurement strategies, as well as structural and measurement invariance between men and women. {R}esults {W}e find that a two-class model of the acceptability of {IPV} in which the conditional probability of class membership is allowed to vary between the sexes is preferred for both men and women. {T}hough the assumption of structural invariance between men and women is supported, measurement invariance and the assumption of parallel indicators (or equivalence of indicators used) are not. {C}onclusions {M}easurement strategies conventionally used to operationalize the acceptability of {IPV}, key to modeling perceptions of norms around {IPV}, are a poor fit to the data used here. {R}esearch concerning the measurement characteristics of {IPV} acceptability is a precondition for adequate investigation of its causes and consequences, as well as for intervention efforts aimed at reducing or eliminating {IPV}.},
  keywords = {{I}ntimate partner violence ; {M}easurement models ; {L}atent class analysis ; {A}ttitudes ; {N}orms ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}opulation {H}ealth {M}etrics},
  volume = {18},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {27 [8 ]},
  ISSN = {1478-7954},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1186/s12963-020-00233-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079831},
}