TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Brief report: Parent-adolescent child concordance in social norms related to gender equity in marriage - findings from rural India
JO  - Journal of Adolescence
A1  - Raj, Anita
A1  - Ghule, Mohan
A1  - Battala, Madhusudana
A1  - Dasgupta, Anindita
A1  - Ritter, Julie
A1  - Nair, Saritha
A1  - Saggurti, Niranjan
A1  - Silverman, Jay G.
A1  - Balaiah, Donta
SP  - 1181
EP  - 1184
VL  - 37
IS  - 7
N2  - The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess parent-adolescent child concordance on social norms related to gender equity in marriage in rural Maharashtra, India. Survey data on marital norms related to girl's marital age and choice, contraception, and marital violence (MV) were collected from unmarried adolescents (n = 113 girls, 116 boys) and their parents (n = 227 mothers, 203 fathers). Concordance was assessed using a Cohen's unweighted Kappa statistic, with analyses stratified by sex of parent and child. Analyses revealed fair (K = .25-.27) mother-daughter concordance on girls' right to choose when to marry, contraception use, and acceptability of MV. Father-son concordance was seen on girls' right to choose when (K = .22, slight) and who (K = .20, fair) to marry and MV acceptability (K = .53, moderate). No opposite sex parent-child concordance was revealed. <br><br>RESULTS indicate same but not opposite sex parent-child concordance on gender equity social norms related to marriage, suggesting same sex transfer of these norms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-1971
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.08.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -