GSJ: Volume 8, Issue 6, June 2020, Online: ISSN xxxx xxxx
Domestic violence is a forceful activity done against the will of a person physically, verbally, sexually or emotionally that might harm the person in one or several ways done by the member of belonging family. It not only results in physical harm but may also create mental disorders among the victim. purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence and awareness regarding contributing factors of domestic violence among married women. Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted by using interview with structured nepali version questionaire. study was conducted at Kageshori manohara 7 Kathmandu. Sample size was 100 and sampling technique was non probability purposive technique. 8 10 respondents were interviewed in a day. Based on the research study, 89% have answered on forceful custody of someone against their will as meaning of domestic violence. The prevalence of domestic violence in the research setting was found to be 2 whereas 59% respondents had answered alcoholism as the contributing factors of domestic violence. The mean awareness about domestic violence is 24.65.Based on the study, it was concluded that majority of women answered alcoholism as a contributing factor of domestic violence. Also, all the respondents have answered that women suffers more from domestic violence than men. GSJ: Volume 8, Issue 6, June 2020 ISSN 2320 9186 2143 GSJ(c) 2020 www.globalscientificjournal.com