@article{ref1,
title="Women's status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: individual- and community-level effects",
journal="Demography",
year="2003",
author="Koenig, Michael A. and Ahmed, Sirajuddin and Hossain, Mian Bazle and Khorshed Alam Mozumder, A. B.",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="269-288",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0070-3370",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}