Citation

Bender AK, Chalise N. Int. Soc. Work 2018; 61(1): 79-92.

Affiliation

Washington University in St. Louis, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0020872815603787

PMID

29551834

PMCID

PMC5849276

Abstract

Perception of domestic violence is a frequently used indicator of women's empowerment. It is, however, thought to be a binary variable, where women either justify wife beating or they do not. In the Nepal Demographic Health Survey, empowerment is 'high' if the woman answers no to one of five circumstances of wife beating. This study develops a Latent Class Analysis model to determine whether there are categories of women who endorsed some type of violence but not others. A more nuanced measure of perception of domestic violence would improve our understanding on women's empowerment.

Language: en

Keywords

Demographic Health Survey; Nepal; empowerment; intimate partner violence; violence against women