Аннотация:
This study explores whether a mother’s rationalization of intimate partner violence
against wives is associated with the school entry of her children. The study
uses the Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey with the sample comprised of
4,012 children within the school-studying age born to young mothers aged 19-35.
It employs the bivariate probit model with an instrumental variable (IV) to analyze
data. The IV reflects the attitudes toward IPV of older women residing in the same
neighborhood. The results indicate that children born to mothers justifying abuse by
husbands are 8.7 percentage points more likely to enter primary school late, which
is 20% higher than the average level of late entrants. The probability of late entry
goes up by 10.8 percentage points when examining only girls corresponding to 25%
rise from the mean value. There is no statistically significant impact on schooling
outcome of sons. The evidence that only the schooling of daughters is affected implies
the presence of gender-based maltreatment related to cultural norms, which
requires more integrated research involving those risk factors.