Domestic Violence and Women’s Land Rights in Rural China: Findings from a National Survey in 2010
利用2010年中国妇女社会地位调查数据，研究发现失去承包地或没有宅基地的农村妇女遭受丈夫身体或心理虐待的风险显著更高。
In recent decades, China undertook a series of agricultural land tenure reforms to increase the security of land use rights for rural households. While these reforms boosted agricultural production, they also increased landlessness among women due to patrilocal and patrilineal customs. Utilising data from China’s Women Social Status Survey conducted in 2010, this paper examines the impact of women’s land rights on the incidence of domestic violence in rural China. The results show that women who have lost claims to contract land or have no residential land face significantly higher risks of being physically or psychologically abused by their husbands.