Author: Lehrer, Evelyn
Title: Religion and Intimate Partner Violence in Chile: Macro- and Micro-Level Influences
Summary: The Catholic Church has had a strong influence on the Chilean legal and social landscape in ways that have adversely affected victims of intimate partner violence; e.g., it succeeded until just five years ago in blocking efforts to legalize divorce. At the same time, quantitative studies based on survey data from the United States and other countries show a generally favorable influence of religion on health and many other domains of life, including intimate partner violence. This study explores the puzzle posed by these seemingly opposing macro- and micro-level forces. Results based on data from the 2005 Survey of Student Well-Being, a questionnaire on gender based violence administered to students at a large public university in Chile, show that moderate or low levels of religiosity are associated with reduced vulnerability to violence, but high levels are not. This non-linearity sheds light on the puszzle, because at the macro level the religious views shaping Chile's legal and social environment have been extreme.
Details: Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2009. 31p.
Source: Internet Resource; IZA Discussion Paper No. 4067
Year: 2009
Country: Chile
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Shelf Number: 113963
Keywords:
Domestic ViolenceIntimate Partner Violence (Chile)Religion |
