Women’s status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: Individual- and community-level effects
Abstract
We explore the determinants of domestic violence in two rural areas of Bangladesh. We found increased education, higher socioeconomic status, non-Muslim religion, and extended family residence to be associated with lower risks of violence. The effects of women’s status on violence was found to be highly context-specific. In the more culturally conservative area, higher individual-level women’s autonomy and short-term membership in savings and credit groups were both associated with significantly elevated risks of violence, and community-level variables were unrelated to violence. In the less culturally conservative area, in contrast, individual-level women’s status indicators were unrelated to the risk of violence, and community-level measures of women’s status were associated with significantly lower risks of violence, presumably by reinforcing nascent normative changes in gender relations.
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- Authors
- Koenig, M. A., Ahmed, S., Hossain, M. B., & Mozumder, A. B. M. K. A.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Morgan State University (US)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Venue
- Demography
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2003-05-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 269-288
- ISSN
- 0070-3370 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-7790
- OpenAlex
- W2097653781
- Cited by
- 736
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 12.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Demography (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development
- Keywords
- domestic violence, women's status, women's autonomy, rural Bangladesh, savings and credit groups, religious affiliation, cultural conservatism, gender norms, socioeconomic status, community impact
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Bangladesh, Community Participation, Developing Countries, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Islam, Religion, Risk Factors, Rural Population, Social Class, Prevalence, Multivariate Analysis, Domestic Violence, Risk Assessment, Battered Women
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