Do changes in spousal employment status lead to domestic violence? Insights from a prospective study in Bangalore, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-143

  Krishnan, Suneeta ^a,b,c   Rocca, Corinne H ^a,b   Hubbard, Alan E ^b   Subbiah, Kalyani ^d   Edmeades, Jeffrey ^e   Padian, Nancy S ^a,b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^d Samata Health Study   (India)

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

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Economic empowerment; Employment status; Gender; India; Intimate partner violence (IPV); Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; BANGALORE; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70849093031     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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