Attitudes toward wife beating: A cross-country study in Asia

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1371-1397

  Rani, Manju ^a   Bonu, Sekhar ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Armenia; Attitudes; Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Kazakhstan; Nepal; Turkey; Wife beating

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMAN; CAMBODIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; NEPAL; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARMENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMEN; CAMBODIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68749086135     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508322182     Document Type: Article

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