[Violence against women in the marriage : Cross-sectional study in the family planning clinic Monastir].

Background: Violence against women in the marriage is now recognized as a violation of human rights and as a major problem of public health.

Aim: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence, specify the typology and to determine associated factors with violence against women in the marriage.

Methods: It was a cross-sectional study carried on 197 married women recruited in family planning center of Monastir, by means of a questionnaire containing some sociodemographic characteristics of the consultant and her spouse and the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to estimate the violence in the marriage Results : The lifetime prevalence of violence against women in the marriage was 56.