Gender, caste, and economic inequalities and marital violence in rural South India. Health care for women international. [Health Care Women Int] Journal article

Title	Gender, caste, and economic inequalities and marital violence in rural South India.
Author(s)	Krishnan S
Institution	University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. suneeta_krishnan@yahoo.com
Source	Health Care Women Int 2005 Jan; 26(1):87-99.
MeSH	Adolescent Adult Battered Women Cross-Sectional Studies Cultural Characteristics Female Humans India Interpersonal Relations Middle Aged Poverty Questionnaires Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Risk Factors Social Class Social Dominance Socioeconomic Factors Spouse Abuse Time Factors Women's Health Women's Rights
Abstract	We conducted a survey to examine the relationships among gender, caste, and economic inequalities and marital violence among women in rural South India. Thirty-four percent of 397 women reported having ever been hit, forced to have sex by their husbands, or both. Women belonging to lower caste, poorer households, having greater economic autonomy, and whose husbands consumed alcohol were more likely to report violence. In multivariate analyses, indicators of women's economic autonomy and husbands' alcohol consumption were significantly associated with violence, independent of caste and economic status, which highlights the need to address the links between gender inequalities and marital violence.
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Journal Article
PubMed ID	15764463

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