Article
Spousal beliefs and intimate partner violence: Are we conditioned to internalize patriarchal norms?
Economics Letters
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2021
Abstract
We examine the effect of spousal beliefs about violence as a justified behaviour on the incidence of intimate partner violence using nationally representative survey data for India. Utilizing an Instrumental Variable approach, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in individual's exposure to parental violence as instruments to identify the causal effects. We find that both women's and men's inherent beliefs justifying “wife beating” exposes women to a higher probability of IPV compared to their counterparts who do not justify such behaviour respectively. Furthermore, the marginal effect of a woman's beliefs appear to be greater than that of men's beliefs thereof.
DOI Link
10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109811
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Disciplines
Keywords
- Attitudes,
- Beliefs,
- India,
- Intimate partner violence,
- Social norms
Scopus ID
85103127209
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109811
Citation Information
Mehreen Mookerjee, Manini Ojha and Sanket Roy. "Spousal beliefs and intimate partner violence: Are we conditioned to internalize patriarchal norms?" Economics Letters Vol. 202 (2021) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0165-1765" target="_blank">0165-1765</a> Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mehreen-mookerjee/2/