Impact of the spread of mass education on married women’s experience with domestic violence |
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| Institution: | 1. Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA;2. Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA;3. Institute for Social, and Environmental Research – Nepal, Fulbari, Chitwan, Nepal;4. Department of Sociology, College of LS&A, University of Michigan, PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA;1. Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA;2. Survey Methodology Program/Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA;1. Department of Sociology and Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Box 353340, Seattle, WA 98195-3340, USA;2. Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA;3. Department of Sociology, Seattle Pacific University, 3307 Third Ave West, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98119-1997, USA;1. Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India;2. Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK;3. Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu University, Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute, Devdaha-10, Bhaluhi, Rupandehi, Nepal;4. Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Janaki Medical College, Tribhuvan University, Janakpur, Nepal;5. King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, UK;6. Department of Public Health, Sanjeevani College of Medical Sciences, Purbanchal University, Butwal, Rupandehi, Nepal;1. Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, USA;2. Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, USA;3. MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;4. Department of African and African-American Studies, University of Maryland, USA;1. School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;2. Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal (ISER-N), Field Office, Amarsingh Chowk, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal;3. Schatz Energy Research Center, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA;4. National Tuberculosis Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal |
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| Abstract: | This paper investigates the association between mass education and married women’s experience with domestic violence in rural Nepal. Previous research on domestic violence in South Asian societies emphasizes patriarchal ideology and the widespread subordinate status of women within their communities and families. The recent spread of mass education is likely to shift these gendered dynamics, thereby lowering women’s likelihood of experiencing domestic violence. Using data from 1775 currently married women from the Chitwan Valley Family Study in Nepal, we provide a thorough analysis of how the spread of mass education is associated with domestic violence among married women. The results show that women’s childhood access to school, their parents’ schooling, their own schooling, and their husbands’ schooling are each associated with their lower likelihood of experiencing domestic violence. Indeed, husbands’ education has a particularly strong, inverse association with women’s likelihood of experiencing domestic violence. These associations suggest that the proliferation of mass education will lead to a marked decline in women’s experience with domestic violence in Nepal. |
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| Keywords: | Domestic violence Education Marriage Social change South Asia |
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