Macrozone and educational environment as factors associated with gender violence in Mapuche women of Chile

Abstract

Introduction: Gender violence is a serious public health problem, due to its extensión magnitude and consequences. This phenomenon disproportionately affects women belonging to ethnic minorities. Objective: Determine frequency and factors associated with gender violence in Mapuche women in Chile in 2020.

Materials and methods: Cross-sectional analytical observational study. The data comes from the IV National Survey of Domestic Violence and Sexual Crimes in Chile (2020). Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the study sample (n=7735), bivariate statistics to analyze the types and environment of gender violence, and a multivariate model to adjust for variables of interest.

Results: 52.9% (OR:1.76; CI:1.37-2.26) of Mapuche women reported general violence (physical, sexual and psychological) during their lives, compared to 39.7% of non Mapuche women. Mapuche women have a lower probability (OR:0.15; CI:0.03-0.78) of suffering violence in the educational environment, and the Macrozone variable increases violence in Mapuche women (OR:1.76; CI :1.37-2.26).

Discussion: Mapuche women report greater gender violence than non-Mapuche women, which is associated with the macrozone variable.