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Anand, Paul and Santos, Cristina
(2007).
URL: http://ideas.repec.org/p/opn/wpaper/56.html
Abstract
Drawing on data from a new survey of individual capabilities across a range of life domains, the paper explores gender inequalities in the causes, experiences and consequences of violent crime. Measuring not only experienced violence, but also feelings of fear and vulnerability to future experiences of violence, we attempt to show how these two types of variables interact
and how they impact on well-being. Socio-demographic, economic, personality and environmental differences are taken into account. Key empirical findings include: the
identification of a particularly vulnerable group using data for men and women separately; gender inequalities in the propensity to experience different forms of violence; gender inequalities in the impact of key factors, such as the number of dependent children, employment status, income (household and personal) and education, on the likelihood of experiencing violence; a strong link between experienced domestic violence and vulnerability to future domestic violence for women; and strong evidence of the negative impact of selfassessed vulnerability on well-being.
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- Item ORO ID
- 5986
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0373-2630
- Extra Information
- forthcoming on a Gender Special Issue, it is not subject to any more revisions.
- Keywords
- violence; gender inequalities; the capabilities approach; crime; happiness; income
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
- Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD)
- Depositing User
- Cristina Santos