Linking physical violence to women’s mobility in Chile

Journal
EPJ Data Science
ISSN
2193-1127
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Bruno Lepri
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85178494247
WoS ID
WOS:001112857000001
DOI
URL
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
Despite increased global attention on violence against women, understanding the factors that lead to women becoming victims remains a critical challenge. Notably, the impact of domestic violence on women’s mobility—a critical determinant of their social and economic independence—has remained largely unexplored. This study bridges this gap, employing police records to quantify physical and psychological domestic violence, while leveraging mobile phone data to proxy women’s mobility. Our analyses reveal a negative correlation between physical violence and female mobility, an association that withstands robustness checks, including controls for economic independence variables like education, employment, and occupational segregation, bootstrapping of the data set, and applying a generalized propensity score matching identification strategy. The study emphasizes the potential causal role of physical violence on decreased female mobility, asserting the value of interdisciplinary research in exploring such multifaceted social phenomena to open avenues for preventive measures. The implications of this research extend into the realm of public policy and intervention development, offering new strategies to combat and ultimately eradicate domestic violence against women, thereby contributing to wider efforts toward gender equity.
Cite this document
Contreras, H., Candia, C., Troncoso, R., Ferres, L., Bravo, L., Lepri, B., & Rodriguez-Sickert, C. (2023). Linking physical violence to women’s mobility in Chile. EPJ Data Science, 12(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00430-5
Project(s)
Subjects
domestic violence

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mobility

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violence

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women

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critical challenges

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critical determinant

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data set

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domestic violence

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mobile phone datum

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mobility

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negative correlation

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police records

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violence

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woman