Observational analysis on domestic violence and women empowerment across Hindu, Muslim, and Christian groups, indicating the impact of various determinants.
The paper focus on influence of various determinants viz, General Nature (Religion, type of place of residence, State, Ethnicity, Caste, Education level of partners, justification of beating by women, alcohol consumption, type of relationship to husband before marriage), Women empowerment and Childhood Trauma influencing domestic violence and women empowerment across religions in India. Hindu, Muslim and Christian, being major religious groups in India are considered for the study. The study is based on National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS5). In a country like India people are more religious. We can see influence of religion on all aspects of life. Mainly in marriage and in family life, right from match making it effect all decisions taken by an individual. People follow their religious instructions may be with slightly varied manners in all important events in their life. So, the study of religious influence on various social parameters are of great relevance.
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