Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: Social and economic resources and domestic violence among young married women in urban South India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 577-585

  Rocca, Corinne H ^a,b,c   Rathod, Sujit ^a,b   Falle, Tina ^d   Pande, Rohini P ^d   Krishnan, Suneeta ^a,b,c,e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Economic and social resources; Gender; India; Intimate partner violence; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64349108111     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn226     Document Type: Article

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