Women and kinship: comparative perspectives on gender in South and South-East Asia

doi:10.5860/choice.35-3943

Choice Reviews Online

1998

DOI: 10.5860/choice.35-3943

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Women and kinship: comparative perspectives on gender in South and South-East Asia

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hiv/aids in rural india: context and health care needs

Pallikadavath¹,

Garda²,

Apte³

et al. 2004

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Primary research on HIV/AIDS in India has predominantly focused on known risk groups such as sex workers, STI clinic attendees and long-distance truck drivers, and has largely been undertaken in urban areas. There is evidence of HIV spreading to rural areas but very little is known about the context of the infection or about issues relating to health and social impact on people living with HIV/AIDS. In-depth interviews with nineteen men and women infected with HIV who live in rural areas were used to collect experiences of testing and treatment, the social impacts of living with HIV and differential impacts on women and men. Eight focus group discussions with groups drawn from the general population in the four villages were used to provide an analysis of community level views about HIV/AIDS. While men reported contracting HIV from sex workers in the cities, women considered their husbands to be the source of their infection. Correct knowledge about HIV transmission co-existed with misconceptions. Men and women tested for HIV reported inadequate counselling and sought treatment from traditional healers as well as professionals. Owing to the general pattern of husbands being the first to contract HIV women faced a substantial burden, with few resources remaining for their own or their children's care after meeting the needs of sick husbands. Stigma and social isolation following widowhood were common, with an enforced return to the natal home. Implications for potential educational and service interventions are discussed within the context of gender and social relations.

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hiv/aids in rural india: context and health care needs

Pallikadavath¹,

Garda²,

Apte³

et al. 2004

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Sex Composition of Children and Marital Disruption in India

Bose¹,

South²

2003

J of Marriage and Family

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ࡗ Sex Composition of Children and Marital Disruption in IndiaAlthough it has been suggested that parents of sons are less likely than parents of daughters to divorce, few studies have explored this relationship in societies characterized by a strong preference for sons, where such an effect should be most pronounced. Using data from 116,498 once-married female respondents to the 1992-1993 and 1998-1999 Indian National Family Health Surveys, we found that at lower parities, having at least one son is associated with a significantly lower risk of divorce or separation. Moreover, with few exceptions, the effect of children's sex composition on the risk of divorce holds for subgroups of Indian women across categories of education, religion, location (urban vs. rural), caste, cohort, and region.Hailed as one of the most interesting findings from research on the determinants of divorce during the 1980s (White, 1990), Morgan, Lye, and Condran (1988) showed that in the United States, parents of sons are less likely than parents of daughters to dissolve their marriage. Morgan et al. interpreted this finding by arguing that greater father involvement in raising a son lowers the risk of marital disruption in these families. More recent studies question the strength and generality of the effect of children's sex composition on di-

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Hinduism and Female Sexuality: Social Control and Education of Girls in India

Chanana¹

2001

Sociological Bulletin

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Women and kinship: comparative perspectives on gender in South and South-East Asia

Cited by 11 publications

References 22 publications

hiv/aids in rural india: context and health care needs

hiv/aids in rural india: context and health care needs

Sex Composition of Children and Marital Disruption in India

Hinduism and Female Sexuality: Social Control and Education of Girls in India

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