Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
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.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of Biosocial Science
Recommended Citation
Stroope, S., Kroeger, R., & Fan, J. (2020). Gender contexts, dowry and women's health in India: a national multilevel longitudinal analysis. Journal of Biosocial Science https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932020000334