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Examining linkages among microfinance participation, domestic violence, and help-seeking social networks in Bangladesh
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Examining linkages among microfinance participation, domestic violence, and help-seeking social networks in Bangladesh
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a mixed-methods study
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Murshid
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Nadine
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Nadine Murshid
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Henry Coleman
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2013
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This dissertation examines microfinance participation, domestic violence, and help-seeking networks among poor, ever-married women in Bangladesh. A mixed-methods approach is used; data from the nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007 with a sample of 10,996 women is juxtaposed with data from qualitative interviews with 30 women who access microfinance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The primary research questions aim to examine the associations between microfinance participation, domestic violence, and help-seeking social networks of women who experience domestic violence. Secondarily, this dissertation aims to provide an understanding of the context in which microfinance participation may be associated with domestic violence and help-seeking social networks using qualitative methods. In this dissertation it is theorized that when a poor married woman in Bangladesh gains access to finance, there may be status inconsistency between her and her husband who compensates for that imbalance by exerting violence. At the same time, membership in microfinance institutions may increase her social networks, which in turn may provide her with a mechanism of help-seeking. This dissertation applies elements of status inconsistency theory to explore the role of microfinance participation in domestic violence among poor women in Bangladesh, and social network theory to understand the possible effects of increased social networks due to microfinance participation. The findings reveal an interaction effect between microfinance participation and wealth assets that is associated with domestic violence, and an association between employment and help-seeking social networks. The qualitative data suggests that status inconsistency may be higher between couples in which women report having higher wealth assets, which may then threaten the husband who uses violence to exert his status. In exploring the impact of an economic anti-poverty tool on a social-work problem using sociological lenses, this study adds to the knowledge base of the social sciences, further understanding of the interpersonal and social context of microfinance participation, and generates new hypotheses for future study.
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Social Work
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viii, 208 p. : ill.
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by Nadine Murshid
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Family violence--Bangladesh
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Abused wives—Services for--Bangladesh
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Microfinance--Bangladesh
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Women--Social networks
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ETD doctoral
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