Detección de violencia de género en mujeres de 20 a 49 años. Consultorio 1 de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud Los Vergeles. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Violence against women affects many women in the country and the world. Manifested by power relations between men and women, in which the supremacy of the masculine devalues the feminine and establishes forms of control expressed in different types of violence (1) Methods: It is observational, descriptive, cross-sectional. Results: According to the distribution by age groups of the women who stated that they had suffered violence, the age groups between 25 to 29 years and 30 to 39 years were the ones that registered the highest percentage of violence (55.1%). According to the level of schooling, those who have finished primary school (59.3%). According to marital status, people in a free union (55.1%) are at greater risk of violence. According to ethnic self-identification, mestizo women (80.5%). According to occupation, housewives (66.1%). According to the type of violence, psychological violence is the most frequent (68.6%). Lastly, of the 118 women surveyed, the largest proportion of these (63.6%) stated that they had been subjected to gender-based violence. Conclusions The sociodemographic variables that prevailed were: women aged between 25 to 29 years and 30 to 39 years, who completed primary school, marital status in free union, mestizas and occupation were mostly housewives. Psychological violence prevailed followed by physical violence. Finally, the highest percentage of women surveyed perceive they suffer from genderbased violence despite this, it should be noted that there is a considerable number of women who do not perceive violence as such.