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Gender contexts, dowry and women’s health in India: a national multilevel longitudinal analysis

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Gender-biased contexts may impact women's lives across a variety of domains. This study examined whether changes in district prevalence of a salient gendered practice - dowry - are associated with changes in poor health for women in India. Two waves of national multilevel panel data were used to assess the relationship between changes in district-level dowry prevalence and changes in self-rated health for 23,785 ever-married women aged 15-50 years. Increased dowry prevalence was found to be associated with increased poor self-rated health for women. This relationship remained when controlling for potentially confounding factors including household socioeconomic status, caste, infrastructure, mobility and state fixed-effects.

Source: Journal of Biosocial Science

DOI: 10.1017/s0021932020000334

Authors: Samuel Stroope, Rhiannon A. Kroeger, Jiabin Fan

Institution: Louisiana State University

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Health, and Social Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Gender equality, Reduced inequalities, No poverty

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development