title: Brief report: parent-adolescent child concordance in social norms related to gender equity in marriage - findings from rural India.
abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess parent-adolescent child concordance on social norms related to gender equity in marriage in rural Maharashtra, India. Survey data on marital norms related to girl's marital age and choice, contraception, and marital violence (MV) were collected from unmarried adolescents (n = 113 girls, 116 boys) and their parents (n = 227 mothers, 203 fathers). Concordance was assessed using a Cohen's unweighted Kappa statistic, with analyses stratified by sex of parent and child. Analyses revealed fair (K = .25-.27) mother-daughter concordance on girls' right to choose when to marry, contraception use, and acceptability of MV. Father-son concordance was seen on girls' right to choose when (K = .22, slight) and who (K = .20, fair) to marry and MV acceptability (K = .53, moderate). No opposite sex parent-child concordance was revealed. Results indicate same but not opposite sex parent-child concordance on gender equity social norms related to marriage, suggesting same sex transfer of these norms.
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA; Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, USA; Clinical Addiction Research and Education, Section of General, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University, School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: anitaraj@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghule
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Madhusudana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Battala
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA; Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, USA; Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health (Global Health), San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Anindita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA; Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, USA.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Saritha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saggurti
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093-0507, USA; Center on Gender Equity and Health, University of California, San Diego, USA; Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jay G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Donta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balaiah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012424:Rural Population; D066262:Social Norms; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescence; Child marriage; Contraception use; Marital violence