Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: social and economic resources and domestic violence among young married women in urban South India | Zendy

Corinne H. Rocca | Zendy; Sujit D. Rathod | Zendy; Tina Y. Falle | Zendy; Rohini Pande | Zendy; Sundar Krishnan | Zendy

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Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: social and economic resources and domestic violence among young married women in urban South India

Author(s) -

Corinne H. Rocca,

Sujit D. Rathod,

Tina Y. Falle,

Rohini Pande,

Sundar Krishnan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn226

Subject(s) - empowerment , domestic violence , women's empowerment , socioeconomics , socioeconomic status , poison control , suicide prevention , economic growth , sociology , medicine , geography , environmental health , demography , population , economics

Although considerable research has documented the widespread prevalence of spousal violence in India, little is known about specific risk or protective factors. This study examines the relationships between factors that are often considered to be social and economic resources for women and recent occurrence of domestic violence.

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