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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Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011
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spelling	ukm-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
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publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
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The state of Indian housewives’ participation in domestic decision making and opposition of domestic violence

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