Justification of Wife Beating in Rural Bangladesh: A Qualitative Analysis of Gender Differences in Responses to Survey Questions

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1177-1191

  Schuler, Sidney Ruth ^a   Yount, Kathryn M ^b   Lenzi, Rachel ^a  

^a AED   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes toward wife beating; Bangladesh; gender attitudes; gender differences; partner violence; research methods; spousal violence; violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869076002     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212465152     Document Type: Article

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