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# Background Globally, several studies show that the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with the financial dependence of women on their husbands. Limited research exists on the relationship between IPV and male partner financial dependence among refugees, especially Syrian refuge women in host countries. This paper is designed to examine the relationship between financial dependence of Syrian refugee women on their husbands in the host country and IPV perpetrated by husbands. We hypothesize that women whose financial dependence on their husbands increased in the host country Jordan as a result of displacement caused the Syrian Civil War are more likely to report experiences of IPV within the past 12 months as compared to women whose financial dependence on their husbands did not increase or change. # Methods We recruited 507 Syrian refugee women for the project Advancing Solutions in Policy, Implementation, Research and Engagement for Refugees (ASPIRE) study using time and venue-based random sampling from health clinics in Jordan in 2018. Eligibility criteria included: being a female Syrian refugee, living in non-camp settings, and being at least 18 years of age. Women participated in face to face interviews on gendered health and mental health concerns, physical and sexual IPV in the past year, and financial dependence on their husbands. In this paper we focused on women who were married prior to the Syrian civil war (N=313). We asked if the war in Syrian increased, decreased, or did not change the financial dependence on the husband. We used multivariable logistic …