Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India
Caste, Culture, and the Status and Well-Being of Widows in India
This chapter examines the influence of caste and culture on the well-being of widows in India. The findings indicate that caste highly correlated with other measures of socioeconomic status and it offers two potentially opposing influences on the well-being of women. The result also reveals that the status, treatment, and well-being of widows have a foundation in potential economic value, either through bargaining power within households or through a cultural underpinning to the evolution of cultural norms.
Keywords: caste, culture, widows, India, socioeconomic status, well-being of women, bargaining power, cultural norms
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