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Reproductive health and domestic violence: are the poorest women uniquely disadvantaged?

Authors :
Kishor, Sunita
Johnson, Kiersten
Source :
Demography (Springer Nature). May2006, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p293-307. 15p. 5 Charts.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

We use Demographic and Health Survey data from Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti to compare women in different poverty and violence categories in terms of their experience of selected reproductive health outcomes. "Poor" women are those who belong to the bottom quintile of households arrayed according to a widely accepted asset-based wealth index. The results suggest that women who are both poor and have experienced violence are not unique in their reproductive health disadvantage. In particular, for all three reproductive health outcomes we consider the negative association with having experienced violence cuts across all women, poor and wealthy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00703370
Volume :
43
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Demography (Springer Nature)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21393643
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2006.0014