Citation

Murshid NS, Zippay A. Violence Against Women 2017; 23(14): 1752-1770.

Affiliation

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801216665480

PMID

27638726

Abstract

This study explores the experiences of marital violence within the context of microfinance participation among a sample of women living in poverty in Bangladesh. Status inconsistency theory suggests that the higher incomes and female independence that may occur with microfinance participation may threaten or destabilize marital norms in Bangladesh, and have implications in terms of increased violence. We use qualitative data from in-depth interviews with 30 women residing in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to assess the circumstances in which there may be an association between microfinance participation and marital violence and elucidate the context in which this interaction occurs.

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Language: en