Violence Against Women: A Cross-cultural Analysis for Africa

Economica • Vol/Iss. 88 • Wiley-Blackwell • New Jersey • Published In • Pages: 70-104 •
By Alesina, Alberto, Brioschi, Benedetta, La Ferrara, Eliana

Hypothesis

The association between a woman working outside the home and exposure to intimate partner violence will differ depending on how economically active women were in the ancestral society.

Note

Fishing was also correlated in the dummy variable measure (positive, p<0.1) as was plough agriculture (negative, p<0.1), but neither were significant in the index measure.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Ordinary least squares regressionSupported for gatheringp<0.1-0.305UNKNOWN