Is Intergenerational Transmission of Violence a Strong Predictor of Intimate Partner Violence? Evidence from Nepal

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ID2309130
AutoresTamsin Bradley (0000-0003-3472-5723, University of Portsmouth), Jagriti Tanwar (0000-0003-1002-5802, University of Kent, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume59
Fascículo5
Páginas1603-1622
Data de publicação2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00219096221141347
OpenAlexW4311393378
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas57

Literature on women's economic empowerment argues that women's income builds resilience and leads to reduction in intimate partner violence (IPV). We challenge this by showing a positive (statistically) insignificant link between women's economic status and IPV, but significant positive links between women's economic contribution and IPV, and men's intergenerational violent behaviour and IPV. Based on a sample of 553 married women drawn from Nepal, we find that paid or precarious work is positively but insignificantly associated with IPV. Findings however reveal that after controlling for other factors, women contributing equally or more to household income are significantly at higher risks of IPV. Similarly, if a man has witnessed domestic violence while growing up, he is more likely to commit violence within his own marriage. We therefore argue for the need to transform men's attitude and behaviours through targeted programmes to break the cycle of violence

Commit · Demographic economics · Domestic violence · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Environmental health · Poison control · Psychological resilience · Socioeconomics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology