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Patrilocal residence and young women’s status: Evidence from Sri Lanka

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Deborah S. DeGraff *
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Kone A.P. Siddhisena
DOI:10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107459delete
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• Patrilocal residence reduces young married women’s autonomy in Sri Lanka, but less so than elsewhere in South Asia. • Patrilocal residence has detrimental consequences for young married women’s reproductive control in Sri Lanka. • Effects of patrilocal residence on these outcomes are stronger for less gender egalitarian contexts within Sri Lanka. • Effects of patrilocal residence on these outcomes are likely underestimated if living arrangements are assumed exogenous. • Results for patrilocal residence and physical spousal abuse are inconclusive and may be affected by sample selection.
Keywords:
Patrilocal residence
Young married women
Gender equality
Reproductive control
Spousal abuse

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Bowdoin College
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