| dc.description.abstract | Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, a rising trend of
domestic violence in India is reported by literature using either
call/complaints data or newspaper reports. However, the
complaints data could not provide an adequate measure of the
effect of the pandemic on the occurrence of domestic violence, if
a substantial number of cases remain unreported. Till now,
national level data to capture the changes in household dynamics
during pandemic time is rare. The novelty of this study comes
from the use of a national level survey, National Family Health
Survey data of the Fifth round (2019-21) on India, which was not
specifically designed for identifying the impact of COVID, but
includes many attributes of women’s life regarding demographic
characteristics, health and childbirth, subjective and objective
information on domestic violence among many others. The data
has been collected from 2019 to 2021, with a halt due to COVID
restrictions from April to September 2020. Using this break in the
data this study examines whether and how the pattern of domestic
violence has changed during the pandemic time. The impacts of
COVID-19 pandemic on the trend and nature of domestic
violence and also on the patterns of the influence of the predictors
of domestic violence are measured using probit regression
analysis. The findings imply that violence may decrease if
women provide financial security to the family amid uncertainties
during pandemic, but violence can increase if women increase the
burden of the family. | en_US |
