Endogenous social effects on intimate partner violence in Colombia

McQuestion, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0049-089x(02)00062-5

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“…Our analyses, similar to those from studies of adults, [15][16][17][18] show that community-level factors are associated with reproductive health outcomes in youths. By controlling for individuallevel experience of violence, we showed that youths from communities with greater sexual violence were significantly less likely to use condoms at their last sexual encounter and were more likely to be HIV positive or to have experienced an adolescent pregnancy than were youths from communities with lower violence experience.…”

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Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths: A Contextual Analysis

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Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths: A Contextual Analysis

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“…27–33 For example, Speizer et al found that the increasing prevalence of sexual violence reported by women within a community was negatively associated with women's use of condoms at last sex and positively associated with their being HIV positive or having had an adolescent pregnancy; 34 other studies among adults found similar results. 27,35,36 And according to an analysis of 2005–2009 DHS data from 21 African countries, contraceptive use remained associated with community demographics and fertility norms, community-level gender norms and inequalities, and health knowledge after individual factors were controlled for. 37 …”

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Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa

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Context Negative myths and misconceptions about family planning are a barrier to modern contraceptive use. Most research on the subject has focused on individual beliefs about contraception; however, given that myths spread easily within communities, it is also important to examine how the prevalence of negative myths in a community affects the aggregate level of method use. Methods Baseline data collected in 2010–2011 by the Measurement, Learning & Evaluation project on women aged 15–49 living in selected cities in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal were used. Multivariate analyses examined associations between modern contraceptive use and belief in negative myths for individuals and communities. Results In each country, the family planning myths most prevalent at the individual and community levels were that “people who use contraceptives end up with health problems,” “contraceptives are dangerous to women's health” and “contraceptives can harm your womb.” On average, women in Nigeria and Kenya believed 2.7 and 4.6 out of eight selected myths, respectively, and women in Senegal believed 2.6 out of seven. Women's individual-level belief in myths was negatively associated with their modern contraceptive use in all three countries (odds ratios, 0.2–0.7). In Nigeria, the women's community-level myth variable was positively associated with modern contraceptive use (1.6), whereas the men's community-level myth variable was negatively associated with use (0.6); neither community-level variable was associated with modern contraceptive use in Kenya or Senegal. Conclusion Education programs are needed to dispel common myths and misconceptions about modern contraceptives. In Nigeria, programs that encourage community-level discussions may be effective at reducing myths and increasing modern contraceptive use.

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“…For each respondent this is calculated as the number of respondents in the VDC, excluding him or herself, who report legitimacy scores above the mean divided by the total number of respondents in a VDC (McQuestion, 2003). More specifically, this measure reflects the number of 'other' respondents who lived in a particular VDC and reported a high legitimacy score.…”

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“…Table 14 shows results for two-level random intercept logistic regression models (Durlauf 2001, McQuestion 2003, Fitzgerald et al 2013). All models include demographic characteristics and the VDC-level 'social interaction' measure is added in the third model.…”

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Rebuilding institutional legitimacy in post-conflict societies: a case study of Nepal

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Legitimacy refers to the perceived rightfulness of authorities, and is central to citizens' perceptions of institutions such as the government. Legitimate authority is linked to acceptance of institutions and long-term stability of societies. As such, rebuilding the legitimacy of institutions such as the government and judiciary ('institutional legitimacy') is essential for stability in post-conflict societies. In this thesis, I explore the factors that lead citizens to view their government as legitimate following the reconstruction of central government institutions after a conflict. I draw on sociological, political science, social psychological and statebuilding theories to develop and present a theoretical model of post-conflict legitimacy.The model has three key components. The first encompasses relational and instrumental antecedents of legitimacy. Relational antecedents encompass fair and neutral decision-making, as well as respectful and dignified treatment, and are referred to collectively as procedural justice. Instrumental antecedents are those which involve outcomes to citizens, and include distributive justice (fairness in outcome distribution), outcome favourability (personal gain in outcomes), and government performance (the ability of the government to function effectively and provide services to citizens). These main variables are investigated along with contingencies relating to social groups that may influence the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy, such as national identification and group power. Testing of the first model component revealed that procedural justice was by far the strongest predictor of post-conflict institutional legitimacy, and was significantly stronger than instrumental variables such as distributive justice, government performance, and outcome favourability. Further, the relationship between procedural justice and legitimacy was moderated by national identification and group power, suggesting that procedural justice operates through social identity to exert its positive effect. Moreover, the effect of procedural justice on government legitimacy was not simply due to trust and performance perceptions of local institutions, and was not diminished by the government's ability to provide essential services (as predicted by the statebuilding literature). 4Testing of the second model component revealed that two elements of local ownership-voice and local influence-weakly predicted legitimacy, with these relationships varying according to participants' position in the Nepalese caste hierarchy.Testing of the third model component revealed a significant social interaction effect, such that citizens' legitimacy beliefs are influenced by the legitimacy views of those around them. This effect persisted even when demographic, regional, and individual-level variables were controlled.This thesis concludes that procedural justice is more predictive of post-conflict institutional legitimacy than instrumental outcomes. Further, the relationship appears to operat...

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Endogenous social effects on intimate partner violence in Colombia

Cited by 37 publications

References 22 publications

Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths: A Contextual Analysis

Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths: A Contextual Analysis

Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa

Rebuilding institutional legitimacy in post-conflict societies: a case study of Nepal

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