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dc.contributor.authorKimera, Juma
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-25T11:57:40Z
dc.date.available2022-04-25T11:57:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/11892
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to examine how poverty leads to domestic violence and high mortality rate among married people living in Katanga. It was guided by three research objectives as follows: (i) to find out the relationship between poverty and domestic violence, (ii) to find out the relationship between poverty and high mortality rate, and (iii) to find out the relationship between domestic violence and high mortality rate. The study was based on across-sectional research design where both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed based on the relationship between Poverty, domestic violence and high mortality rate. The study was based on a sample size of 50 households in Katanga. The results indicated that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between poverty and domestic violence. There is also a positive and statistically significant relationship between poverty and high mortality rate and finally there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between domestic violence and high mortality rate. The study concludes that much like drugs and alcohol, stress is not a cause of domestic abuse. Abuse is a choice, intended to gain power and control over the victim. It also concludes that some mental health problems do lead to violent behaviour but this is uncontrolled and unpredictable. This does not make it acceptable and victims of abuse in this way still need to be offered safety and protection. The study recommends that government and households should fight poverty by engaging in income generating activities so as to have enough income to provide for their families. The government should empower women both socially and economically through trainings, skills development and financial credit for women so as to uplift the status of women in the society since they happen to be the main victims of domestic violence. There is need for community sensitization by both government and other development partners on the occurrence of domestic violence, the causes and the effects on family and society as a whole.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectMarried peopleen_US
dc.subjectKatanga slumsen_US
dc.titlePoverty, domestic violence and high mortality rate among married people living in Katangaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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