@article{ref1,
title="Marital violence, human development and women's property status in India",
journal="World development",
year="2005",
author="Panda, Pradeep and Agarwal, Bina",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="823-850",
abstract="If development means the expansion of human capabilities, then freedom from domestic violence should be an integral part of any exercise for evaluating developmental progress. This paper focuses on a hitherto unexplored factor underlying women's risk of marital violence, namely, women's property status. Many studies have examined the scale and correlates of marital violence, but neglected this dimension. Based on a household survey in Kerala (India), the authors assess the prevalence and correlates of both physical and psychological violence--long term and current. Women owning immovable property (land or a house) are found to face a significantly lower risk of marital violence than property-less women. This has implications for development policy.<p />",
language="",
issn="0305-750X",
doi="10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.01.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.01.009"
}