A Survey Experiment of Women's Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Rural Bangladesh

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 333-357

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Halim, Nafisa ^b   Schuler, Sidney Ruth ^c   Head, Sara ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Family Health International 360   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Demographic and Health Surveys; Gender attitudes; Intimate partner violence; Survey experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872943856     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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