Dowry and spousal physical violence against women in Bangladesh

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 830-856

  Naved, Ruchira Tabassum ^a   Persson, Lars Ake ^b  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bequest theory; Dowry; Frequency of abuse; Patriarchy; Physical spousal violence; Severity of abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951828956     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09357554     Document Type: Article

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