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Is Working Risky or Protective for Married Adolescent Girls in Urban Slums in Kenya? Understanding the Association between Working Status, Savings and Intimate-Partner Violence

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have shown that women’s empowerment, though beneficial in many aspects, can also increase the risk of intimate-partner violence (IPV). This study seeks to examine the association between work and experience of physical violence among married adolescents, and to underst...

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Autores principales: Muthengi, Eunice, Gitau, Tabither, Austrian, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27232997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155988