@article{ref1,
title="Women's status and domestic violence in rural Bangladesh: individual- and community-level effects",
journal="Demography",
year="2003",
author="Hossain, Mian Bazle and Mozumder, A. B. M. Khorshed Alam and Ahmed, Saifuddin and Koenig, Michael Alan",
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 />",
language="",
issn="0070-3370",
doi="10.1353/dem.2003.0014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0014"
}