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. 2023 Nov 8;18(11):e0288144.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288144. eCollection 2023.

Impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on domestic violence against Jordanian women: Evidence from the 2017-18 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey

Han Choi  1 , Sebastian Bauhoff  1
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Impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on domestic violence against Jordanian women: Evidence from the 2017-18 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey

Han Choi et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

The 2011 Syrian crisis led to a large influx of refugees into neighboring countries, including Jordan. The resulting stress on local host communities could heighten the risk of domestic violence against Jordanian women. We utilized multilevel propensity score weighting and data from the 2017-18 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey to empirically test for differences in outcomes related to domestic violence, marital control, and justification of wife-beating between Jordanian communities with varying density levels of Syrian women. We did not find systematic differences in these outcomes across communities. However, we cannot rule out effects that may not be statistically detectable with our sample but could still be substantively meaningful.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Distribution of Syrian women in Jordan.
A) Share of Syrian women in the 12 governorates with darker colors representing a higher density B) Share of Syrian women in 898 DHS clusters with darker colored dots representing a higher density [28].
Fig 2
Fig 2. Treatment effects by share of Syrian women in a DHS enumeration area (percentage points, previous 12 months).
Estimates of treatment effects with p-values less than 5% from the IPRWA estimator are labeled with the exact percentage point difference value compared to areas with no Syrian women.
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