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The Effect of Media on Domestic Violence Norms: Evidence from India

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  • Kuhuk Bhushan

    (Ministry of Finance, Government of India)

  • Prakarsh Singh

    (Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA)

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Greater access to media may influence norms about domestic violence. It may lead to greater acceptance of violence due to an increase in the incidence of violence or to lower acceptance due to a change in gender norms. Applying a difference-in-differences methodology to the National Family Health Survey, India (1998-99 and 2005-06), we find evidence that regularly accessing television and radio leads to a small but statistically significant reduction in the probability of women accepting domestic violence. The effect of regularly accessing both media is equivalent to the effect of three additional years of education on reducing acceptability of domestic violence. This suggests that increasing access to both media may lead to greater empowerment of women in India.

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  • Kuhuk Bhushan & Prakarsh Singh, 2014. "The Effect of Media on Domestic Violence Norms: Evidence from India," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 9(1), pages 58-63, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:epc:journl:v:9:y:2014:i:1:p:58-63
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    1. Zohra S. Lassi & Anna Ali & Salima Meherali, 2021. "Women’s Participation in Household Decision Making and Justification of Wife Beating: A Secondary Data Analysis from Pakistan’s Demographic and Health Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-11, September.
    2. Shatanjaya Dasgupta, 2019. "Attitudes About Wife-Beating and Incidence of Domestic Violence in India: An Instrumental Variables Analysis," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 40(4), pages 647-657, December.

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