Ghimire Dirgha J, Axinn William G, Smith-Greenaway Emily
Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA; Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA; Institute for Social, and Environmental Research - Nepal, Fulbari, Chitwan, Nepal.
Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA; Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA; Department of Sociology, College of LS&A, University of Michigan, PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA.
Soc Sci Res. 2015 Nov;54:319-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.08.004. Epub 2015 Aug 31.
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.
本文探讨了尼泊尔农村地区大众教育与已婚妇女遭受家庭暴力经历之间的关联。此前关于南亚社会家庭暴力的研究强调了父权制意识形态以及女性在其社区和家庭中普遍的从属地位。近期大众教育的普及可能会改变这些性别动态,从而降低女性遭受家庭暴力的可能性。利用来自尼泊尔奇旺山谷家庭研究中1775名已婚妇女的数据,我们全面分析了大众教育的普及与已婚妇女遭受家庭暴力之间的关联。结果表明,女性童年时期的入学机会、其父母的受教育程度、她们自己的受教育程度以及丈夫的受教育程度,均与她们遭受家庭暴力的可能性较低相关。事实上,丈夫的教育程度与女性遭受家庭暴力的可能性之间存在特别强烈的负相关。这些关联表明,大众教育的普及将导致尼泊尔女性遭受家庭暴力的经历显著减少。