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Table 7. Marginal Change in the Probability of having Experience of Domestic

Violence

dy/dx

Std.

Z

Explanatory Variables

evaluated at

Prob.

Error

Statistic

mean

ECOEMP (Composite Index)

-.0030

.0015

-1.98

0.048

AGE (Year)

-.0067

.0038

-1.76

0.079

EDU (Year)

-.0104

.0177

-0.59

0.556

OCUW (House maker)*

-.1457

.1036

-1.41

0.160

DURSHGM ( Month)

.0045

.0023

1.97

0.049

POLEMP (1= yes)*

-.2946

.1257

-2.34

0.019

HUSEDU (Year)

.0063

.0153

0.41

0.681

FAMTY (1= Nuclear)*

.2045

.1057

1.93

0.053

HUSOCU (1= FARM)*

-.0489

.1243

-0.39

0.694

PCIN (₹)

-1.32e-06

.00001

-0.10

0.918

CASTE (1= SC)*

.3843

.0995

3.86

0.000

* dy/dx indicates the change of the probability of having experience of violence for discrete

change of dummy variable from 0 to 1

Source: Authors’ computation based on primary data, 2010

Policy prescriptions

We observe that the suffering of women from domestic violence is a common

phenomenon. The Principal Component Analysis has shown very low level

economic empowerment of the sample women. Only one fourth of the respondents

enjoy political empowerment. The findings of the regression analysis have

suggested that economic empowerment, political empowerment and age of the

women have negative and significant impact on having the experience of domestic

violence. On the other hand participation in SHG, nuclear family type and caste

(Scheduled Castes) increases the probability of having experience of domestic

violence. Therefore, to improve the condition of women by lowering the incidence

of domestic violence we would suggest some policies as follows.

The

governmental

organization,

non-governmental

organization,

social

organization and the society must take some concrete steps towards enhancing

women’s empowerment. Women’s education comes up as an insignificant factor

for lowering the occurrence of domestic violence on women. It may happen due

to unsatisfactory education level of the sample women. However, education no

doubt inculcates economic and political empowerment of a person. To inculcate

empowerment women have to attain a satisfactory level of education. So it is

necessary to set up more educational institutions especially for women. In this

circumstance Human Resource Development Ministry, the Ministry of woman

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