RT Article
T1 Economic Inequality in Intimate Partner Violence among Forward and Backward Class Women in India: A Decomposition Analysis
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 6
SP 1003
OP 1029
A1 Chowdhury, Sourav
A1 Singh, Aditya
A1 Kasemi, Nuruzzaman
A1 Chakrabarty, Mahashweta
A2 Singh, Aditya
A2 Kasemi, Nuruzzaman
A2 Chakrabarty, Mahashweta
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898842442
AB Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a highly sensitive issue in India, where society is patriarchal and primarily segmented into castes/tribes. This study aims to measure and explain the economic inequality in IPV against women in two social groups: backward classes (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Others Backward Classes) and forward classes (Others), using cross-sectional data from the National Family Health Survey-4 conducted in 2015–16. Economic inequality has been measured using the rate ratio, the concentration index (CI), and the concentration curve. In addition, concentration index has been decomposed to explain the economic inequality in IPV. Economic inequality was relatively higher among the women from the forward classes (CI: −0.30) than those from the backward classes (CI: −0.20). Woman’s education (25%), alcohol consumption by husbands (19.6%), and region of residence (18.7%) were the major contributors to economic inequality in IPV among backward class women. However, for forward class women, woman’s education (23.2%), region of residence (15.6%), parental IPV (14.6%), husband’s education (9.7%), and exposure to mass media were significant contributors to economic inequality in IPV (7%). In conclusion, there is a need for appropriate interventions and programs focused on reducing economic inequality in IPV against women from both backward and forward classes.
K1 Concentration index
K1 Caste
K1 NFHS-4
K1 India
K1 Economic inequality
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1080/15564886.2022.2080312