Husband Related Factors Compelling Women to Take Asylum in Sheltered Homes a Case Control Survey in Lahore

Background: Women in Pakistan are also subjected to domestic violence. Some tolerate for life, but with changing trends some resist, leave home and take asylum in shelter houses. Domestic violence chiefly done by husbands, and there was need to know the factors related to the husbands involved in violence. Objective: To study the association of husband related factors compelling Women to Take Asylum in Sheltered Homes in Lahore. Materials and Methods: This case control study was conducted in Darulamans of Yateem Khana and Chouburgi Lahore. 200 Interviews (100 cases, 100 controls) were made, Data was collected on pretested questionnaire and analyzed with in SPSS. Results: Among cases, most of the husbands had education up to middle or metric i.e. 27%.Where as the occupation of most of the husbands among cases was laborer i.e. 23%. Most significant husband related factors found were physical abuse, extramarital affairs of husbands, doubtful about character of wife, snatching salary of wife, put unnecessary restrictions on wife and enforcing wife in prostitution. Conclusion: Physical abuse, extramarital affairs of husbands, doubt about character, and enforcing wife in prostitution are chief violence types due to which women take asylum in shelter homes.