How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan

Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using nationally representative data. Factor...

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Main Authors:	Krafft, Caroline, Ragui, Assaad, Pastoor, Isabel
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	GENDER NORMS REFUGEE EDUCATION CARE WORK ADOLESCENT GIRLS FORCED DISPLACEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/914761635472358174/How-Do-Gender-Norms-Shape-Education-and-Domestic-Work-Outcomes-The-Case-of-Syrian-Refugee-Adolescents-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36471

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spelling	okr-10986-364712021-11-05T05:10:38Z How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan Krafft, Caroline Ragui, Assaad Pastoor, Isabel GENDER NORMS REFUGEE EDUCATION CARE WORK ADOLESCENT GIRLS FORCED DISPLACEMENT Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using nationally representative data. Factor analysis is used to summarize a variety of beliefs and behavioral aspects of norms: gender role attitudes, justification of domestic violence, decision making, and mobility. The paper compares these outcomes by sex, nationality, and for adolescents versus adults. It complements the data on individual beliefs and behaviors with family and community beliefs and behaviors as proxies for others’ expectations and behaviors. The paper then examines how own, family, and community gender norms relate to two key adolescent outcomes: domestic work and enrollment in school. The findings show that while gender role attitudes are similar across generations and nationalities, Syrian adolescent girls are particularly restricted in their mobility. Nonetheless, they have similar educational outcomes as boys and, after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status, as Jordanian girls. While gender inequality in domestic work is substantial, higher levels of own and mother’s decision making predict lower domestic workloads, illustrating the linkages between different dimensions of gender norms and social and economic outcomes. 2021-11-04T14:13:24Z 2021-11-04T14:13:24Z 2021-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/914761635472358174/How-Do-Gender-Norms-Shape-Education-and-Domestic-Work-Outcomes-The-Case-of-Syrian-Refugee-Adolescents-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36471 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9820 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Jordan Syrian Arab Republic
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spellingShingle	GENDER NORMS REFUGEE EDUCATION CARE WORK ADOLESCENT GIRLS FORCED DISPLACEMENT Krafft, Caroline Ragui, Assaad Pastoor, Isabel How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
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description	Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using nationally representative data. Factor analysis is used to summarize a variety of beliefs and behavioral aspects of norms: gender role attitudes, justification of domestic violence, decision making, and mobility. The paper compares these outcomes by sex, nationality, and for adolescents versus adults. It complements the data on individual beliefs and behaviors with family and community beliefs and behaviors as proxies for others’ expectations and behaviors. The paper then examines how own, family, and community gender norms relate to two key adolescent outcomes: domestic work and enrollment in school. The findings show that while gender role attitudes are similar across generations and nationalities, Syrian adolescent girls are particularly restricted in their mobility. Nonetheless, they have similar educational outcomes as boys and, after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status, as Jordanian girls. While gender inequality in domestic work is substantial, higher levels of own and mother’s decision making predict lower domestic workloads, illustrating the linkages between different dimensions of gender norms and social and economic outcomes.
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author	Krafft, Caroline Ragui, Assaad Pastoor, Isabel
author_facet	Krafft, Caroline Ragui, Assaad Pastoor, Isabel
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title	How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
title_short	How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
title_full	How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
title_fullStr	How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
title_sort	how do gender norms shape education and domestic work outcomes? the case of syrian refugee adolescents in jordan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/914761635472358174/How-Do-Gender-Norms-Shape-Education-and-Domestic-Work-Outcomes-The-Case-of-Syrian-Refugee-Adolescents-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36471
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