Domestic violence and women’s health in India: evidence from health survey

Manoj K. Pandey, Prakash Singh and Ram Ashish Yadav

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Abstract: This paper examines the effect of domestic violence on the health of ever-married women of reproductive age group in India. Micro-level National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III) data for the year 2005-06 has been used in the study. We employ disease, body mass index, under nutrition level and anemia as the measures of health and physical, emotional and sexual forms of domestic violence are used as indicators of domestic violence at both national and state levels. We find that domestic violence has negative impact on the overall women’s health and nutritional status. However, national level results are not consistent with that of the states level. Based on the findings, we argue that the issue of domestic violence should be addressed in national and state level health policies and programmes.

Keywords: Domestic violence; health; prevalence rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 I12 J12 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-10-08
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