Family Violence Report

Asian Family Violence Report: Chinese

24% of Chinese surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner
61% of Chinese surveyed were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up
9% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner
For help, Chinese respondents said a woman should turn to: police (59%), friends (42%), family members (34%), shelter (36%). 18% say the woman shouldn't tell anyone.
Older Chinese respondents were more tolerant of the use of force and saw more situations in which violence is justified.
Younger Chinese respondents were less likely to see divorce, leaving the abuser, or arrest as viable alternatives than older respondents.

Asian Family Violence Report: Cambodian

47% of Cambodians surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner

70% of Cambodians surveyed were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up

37% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partnerFor help, Cambodians stated that a battered woman should turn to: people vulnerable to stress and police (47%), friends (44%), family members (23%), hotline (22%). 22% of respondents said the woman shouldn't tell anyone.

Cambodian respondents overall do not believe that women have the right to divorce, leave a husband who hits her, or that the husband should be arrested.
Focus group members felt that the genocide has made many people vulnerable to stress and depression, which may play a role in domestic violence.

Asian Family Violence Report: Korean

32% of Korean surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner
80% of the respondents were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up
3% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner
Koreans said a battered woman should turn to a friend for help (41%), but felt that a woman should turn to a family member (29%), not tell anyone (29%).
Korean men surveyed hold attitudes that support domestic violence more than women.
Focus group expressed that Koreans experience a feeling of powerlessness because they are immigrants. As a result they exert power in their home, taking out their frustration on someone who who has even less power.

Asian Family Violence Report: South Asian

44% of South Asians surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner
79% of the respondents were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up
5% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner
South Asian respondents endorsed help seeking more than any other Asian group surveyed. 82% said that a battered woman should tell a friend, call the police (74%), tell a family member (66%), turn to a shelter (50%) or therapist (48%). Only 5% said the woman shouldn't tell anyone.
Focus group members felt that the woman in marriage becomes the property of her husband and no longer belongs to her parents. A woman can not turn to her own family for help once she is married and parents are not supposed to intervene in the daughter's marriage.
Focus Group felt that in-laws play a critical role in 'family violence' within South Asian families especially in cases of dowry disputes.

Asian Family Violence Report: Vietnamese

39% of Vietnamese surveyed know a woman who has been physically abused or injured by her partner
72% of the respondents were hit regularly by their parents when they were growing up
22% of the respondents know a man who is being beaten by his partner
For help, Vietnamese respondents said a battered woman should turn to: police (49%), therapist (31%), shelter (29%), friend (29 %). Telling family members (17%) ranks lower than turning to social service and law enforcement professionals.
Vietnamese respondents overall believe that a man has the right to discipline his wife, can expect sex whenever he wants it, is the ruler of his home, or that wives deserve beatings.
Vietnamese respondents overall believe that women do not have the right to divorce, leave a husband who hits her and/or that the husband should be arrested.

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