Back Ground: Domestic violence is one of the common evils of society and it is a worldwide phenomenon. It is more common in underdeveloped countries. Wide variations in domestic
violence are observed in rural and urban slums. Present study to know in depth the reasons for DV. It is more common in the age group of 12 to 50 years. Objectives: 1. To study various types of domestic violence. 2. To know the nature and periodicity of violence. 3. To understand the triggering points and underlying factors. 4. To compare the results of the study with regional and national statistics.

Methodology: The present study is a longitudinal study conducted in a slum area of Hyderabad, TS from April to September 2018. A pre-designed questionnaire was prepared and tested in a slum area and after necessary correction it was administered to women in the study
area. 100 women included in the study after taking oral/written consent based on educational status. Demographic and socio-economic factors were included in addition to factors pertaining to domestic violence in designing format.

Results: Statistics on 100 women showed 90% of them were from nuclear family and only 10% from joint family lack of elders support was the preliminary cause, 35% did not have any educational qualifications, 60% of the women were depended on their spouses, 55% were unemployed, 60%of the women were harassed by their husband 20% by their father and remaining 10% by their sons, the type of assault was verbal abuse, paranoid behavior, suspicious nature. Frequency was daily in 75% of women, 5% weekly and the triggering factor
being Dowry in 22%, Birth of a girl child in the family 14% and 64 % were suffering harassment from paranoid husbands.90% of them had suffered from the social stigma of revealing to their close people and were silent sufferers.

Keywords: Domestic violence; Trigger points.