Factores de riesgo de violencia de género intrafamiliar en el contexto de covid-19: estudio de caso de las madres de la escuela Mercedes González en Quito de agosto a diciembre del 2020

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out among 281 student mothers of the Mercedes González school in the period from August to December 2020 in the context of the first confinement carried out in Ecuador due to COVID-19. This study was carried out to find out the factors that affect in the increased risk of gender-based violence as a result of the pandemic. The methodology used is a case study, using a quantitative and exploratory approach. The data collection was carried out virtually, then the data matrix was processed with the SPSS program. Among the results, it was found that 21 out of 281 women surveyed between the age of 29 and 35 years old, mostly from families comformed by a husband and two to four children, acknowledged having suffered some type of violence during confinement. 47% of the women who received aggression are in a consensual union status, 38.1% of the aggressors were under the influence of alcohol, 33.4% justified their aggression with the fact that they were experiencing economic problems. 33.3% of the women were financially supported by their partners during isolation, which could have generated an economic dependence and the need to remain in the relationship, while 47% were also women who contributed the most to the family budget. Added to this is the fact that 52.4% of these women had already suffered violence a within the last 2 years. Among the risk factors considered in the survey is the age of these women, their marital status, the number of children, the state of the aggressor at the time of the attack, such as whether he had consumed alcohol, he was going through a financial problem or if he was emotionally unstable. It was also considered was and the number of households the victim lived with. The last risk factor considered in this study was the education level of the women, as well as the economic condition, specifically questioning who is the person within the household who contributes the most to the family budget.