Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study

As the literature on the economic abuse of women in Arabic contexts is quite limited, we aimed to detect the correlation between this economic abuse and a variety of demographic variables. Specifically, we considered women’s age, education, income, number of children, and length of marriage, as well...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rula Odeh Alsawalqa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-12-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020982616
id doaj-bf6efb4d81e949ef97bbfcc093ebb136
record_format Article
spelling doaj-bf6efb4d81e949ef97bbfcc093ebb1362020-12-24T04:03:55ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402020-12-011010.1177/2158244020982616Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative StudyRula Odeh Alsawalqa0The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanAs the literature on the economic abuse of women in Arabic contexts is quite limited, we aimed to detect the correlation between this economic abuse and a variety of demographic variables. Specifically, we considered women’s age, education, income, number of children, and length of marriage, as well as the husband’s education and employment status. We distributed questionnaires that included the economic, psychological, and community composite abuse scales to 500 married working women in the capital of Amman, Jordan. The results revealed that the economic abuse of women decreased as their education levels and length of marriage increased, as long as the husband worked full-time. In addition, a husband’s high education level would also increase the likelihood of economic abuse. Most importantly, the findings showed that economic abuse definitively heightened the probability of intimate partner violence (psychological, emotional, and physical abuse, as well as harassment).https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020982616
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Rula Odeh Alsawalqa
spellingShingle Rula Odeh Alsawalqa
Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
SAGE Open
author_facet Rula Odeh Alsawalqa
author_sort Rula Odeh Alsawalqa
title Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
title_short Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
title_full Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
title_fullStr Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Economic Abuse of Women in Amman, Jordan: A Quantitative Study
title_sort economic abuse of women in amman, jordan: a quantitative study
publisher SAGE Publishing
series SAGE Open
issn 2158-2440
publishDate 2020-12-01
description As the literature on the economic abuse of women in Arabic contexts is quite limited, we aimed to detect the correlation between this economic abuse and a variety of demographic variables. Specifically, we considered women’s age, education, income, number of children, and length of marriage, as well as the husband’s education and employment status. We distributed questionnaires that included the economic, psychological, and community composite abuse scales to 500 married working women in the capital of Amman, Jordan. The results revealed that the economic abuse of women decreased as their education levels and length of marriage increased, as long as the husband worked full-time. In addition, a husband’s high education level would also increase the likelihood of economic abuse. Most importantly, the findings showed that economic abuse definitively heightened the probability of intimate partner violence (psychological, emotional, and physical abuse, as well as harassment).
url https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020982616
work_keys_str_mv AT rulaodehalsawalqa economicabuseofwomeninammanjordanaquantitativestudy
_version_ 1724372138009296896