The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence

This paper presents the empirical results of a survey of 127 housewives in West Tripura, India in which, quite unlike other surveys conducted by the Indian government, the respondents were specifically asked about their degree of involvement in decision making and opposing domestic violence. It wa...

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Main Authors: Kalita, Mamoni, Tiwari, Aviral Kumar
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Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011
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spelling my-ukm.journal.31502016-12-14T06:33:45Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3150/ The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence Kalita, Mamoni Tiwari, Aviral Kumar This paper presents the empirical results of a survey of 127 housewives in West Tripura, India in which, quite unlike other surveys conducted by the Indian government, the respondents were specifically asked about their degree of involvement in decision making and opposing domestic violence. It was found that in household decision-making women’s involvement was significantly and positively related to their time spent in the household but there was no significant relationships between the women’s time spent in the household and their raising voice against violence. It was also found that comparatively women in nuclear families were more able to be concerned about their pride and dignity than their counterparts in joint or extended families Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3150/1/2.geografia-2011-4-mamoni-tripura-india-english-1-editedfinal1.pdf Kalita, Mamoni and Tiwari, Aviral Kumar (2011) The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 7 (4). pp. 9-15. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php
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description This paper presents the empirical results of a survey of 127 housewives in West Tripura, India in which, quite unlike other surveys conducted by the Indian government, the respondents were specifically asked about their degree of involvement in decision making and opposing domestic violence. It was found that in household decision-making women’s involvement was significantly and positively related to their time spent in the household but there was no significant relationships between the women’s time spent in the household and their raising voice against violence. It was also found that comparatively women in nuclear families were more able to be concerned about their pride and dignity than their counterparts in joint or extended families
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title The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
title_short The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
title_full The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
title_fullStr The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
title_full_unstemmed The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
title_sort state of indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence
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