Women's entrepreneurship and intimate partner violence: A cluster randomized trial of microenterprise assistance and partner participation in post-conflict Uganda (SSM-D-14-01580R1)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-188

  Green, Eric P ^a   Blattman, Christopher ^b   Jamison, Julian ^c   Annan, Jeannie ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash transfers; Empowerment; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Microenterprise; Post conflict; Poverty; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MICROENTERPRISE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; VILLAGE; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POVERTY; SELF REPORT; UGANDA; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

GULU; KITGUM; UGANDA;

ADULT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMALL BUSINESS; SPOUSES; UGANDA;

EID: 84927551506     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.042     Document Type: Article

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