Differentiating Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in Nepal

Overview

Journal Int Soc Work

Publisher Sage Publications

Date 2018 Mar 20

PMID 29551834

Authors

Annah K Bender

Nishesh Chalise

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Abstract

Perception of domestic violence is a frequently used indicator of women's empowerment. It is, however, thought to be a binary variable, where women either justify wife beating or they do not. In the Nepal Demographic Health Survey, empowerment is 'high' if the woman answers no to one of five circumstances of wife beating. This study develops a Latent Class Analysis model to determine whether there are categories of women who endorsed some type of violence but not others. A more nuanced measure of perception of domestic violence would improve our understanding on women's empowerment.

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