The effects of woman’s educational attainment and wealth on the probability of experiencing intimate partner violence
Date
2018-05-30
Authors
Espino, Monique Andrea
Sanchez, Bea Rose
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Abstract
This paper aims to contribute to the existing literature on intimate partner
violence (IPV) by analyzing the factors that potentially prevent it in the Philippine
context. In particular, we examine the effect of educational attainment and wealth index
on the probability of experiencing IPV.
Using linear probability, Probit, and Logit, our findings show that a woman’s
educational attainment and wealth are negatively related to IPV occurrence for some
types and combinations of IPV. In particular, the baseline results indicate that women
with college or higher education have relatively lower probability of experiencing IPV
compared to those with secondary education. Similarly, women who belong to the richest
quintile have relatively lower probability of experiencing IPV compared to those who
belong to the poorest quintile.
However, these effects diminish and disappear in most of the specific types and
combinations of IPV as more variables are controlled for such as the socio-demographics
of women, household characteristics, and male partner characteristics. Interestingly, the
results show that there are other factors that better explain the occurrence of IPV. The
researchers think that the effects of women’s education and wealth are captured by other
variables. The results consistently show that participation in decision-making within the
household, earning as much as her husband, fewer living children, negative attitude
towards wife-beating, and no history of parental violence are protective factors of women
against IPV.
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intimate partner violence, educational attainment, wealth index, categorical variables, LPM, probalistic regression, logistic regression, MFX