Microfinance Participation and Domestic Violence in Bangladesh: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1579-1596

  Murshid, Nadine Shaanta ^a   Akincigil, Ayse ^b   Zippay, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural contexts; domestic violence; intervention treatment; social policy; unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROBABILITY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963553901     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515569065     Document Type: Article

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