How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan

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ID20301751
AutoresC Krafft (0000-0001-6906-9418, Department of Economics and Political Science, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, USA, autor de correspondencia), Ragui Assaad (0000-0002-2608-5335, University of Minnesota), Isabel Pastoor (Department of Economics and Political Science, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN, USA)
Año2024
Volumen60
Número12
Páginas1964-1993
Fecha de publicación2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220388.2024.2376397
PMID40832043
OpenAlexW4404079998
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas42

Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian refugees' lives and exposed them to new communities and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using nationally representative data. We use factor analysis to summarise a variety of beliefs and behavioural aspects of norms: gender role attitudes, justification of domestic violence, decision-making, and mobility. We compare these outcomes by sex, nationality, and for adolescents versus adults. We complement our data on individual beliefs and behaviours with family and community beliefs and behaviours as proxies for others' expectations and behaviours. We then examine how own, family, and community gender norms relate to two key adolescent outcomes: domestic work and enrolment in school. We find that while gender role attitudes are similar across generations and nationalities, Syrian adolescent girls are particularly restricted in their mobility. Nonetheless, they have similar educational outcomes as boys and, after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status, as Jordanian girls. While gender inequality in domestic work is substantial, higher levels of own and mother's decision-making predict lower domestic workloads, illustrating the linkages between different dimensions of gender norms and economic outcomes

Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Immigration · Nationality · Poison control · Political science · Population · Refugee · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology