Curse of the Mummy-ji: The Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Women in India†JEL codes
Curse of the Mummy-ji: The Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Women in India†JEL codes
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DOI：
10.1111/ajae.12114
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发表时间：
2020-10-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Karra, Mahesh
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作者：
Anukriti, S.;Herrera-Almanza, Catalina;Karra, Mahesh
家庭成员施加的限制性社会规范和战略约束可能会限制妇女进入社会网络并从中受益，特别是在父系社会中。我们描述了印度农村年轻已婚妇女的社交网络的特征，并分析了家庭内代际权力动态如何影响她们的网络形成。利用北方邦的主要数据，我们发现，与婆婆同住与儿媳的流动性和在家庭之外建立社会联系的能力呈负相关，尤其是与健康、生育和计划生育相关的社会联系。我们的研究结果表明，婆婆的限制行为可能是由于婆婆和儿媳之间的生育偏好不一致造成的。由于缺乏家庭之外的同龄人，儿媳妇去计划生育诊所和使用现代避孕措施的可能性降低了。我们发现有启发性的证据表明，这是因为外部同龄人（a）积极影响儿媳妇对计划生育的社会可接受性的信念，以及（b）使儿媳妇能够通过陪伴她去诊所来克服行动限制。
Restrictive social norms and strategic constraints imposed by family members can limit women's access to and benefits from social networks, especially in patrilocal societies. We characterize young married women's social networks in rural India and analyze how inter-generational power dynamics within the household affect their network formation. Using primary data from Uttar Pradesh, we show that co-residence with the mother-in-law is negatively correlated with her daughter-in-law's mobility and ability to form social connections outside the household, especially those related to health, fertility, and family planning. Our findings suggest that the mother-in-law's restrictive behavior is potentially driven by the misalignment of fertility preferences between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law. The lack of peers outside the household lowers the daughter-in-law's likelihood of visiting a family planning clinic and of using modern contraception. We find suggestive evidence that this is because outside peers (a) positively influence daughter-in-law's beliefs about the social acceptability of family planning and (b) enable the daughter-in-law to overcome mobility constraints by accompanying her to health clinics.