Thesis Public Defense | VNP27 - Trần Nguyễn Huyền Trân

The effect of education on the attitude toward domestic violence: a case in Vietnam using multiple indicator cluster surveys data (MICS)

Student: Trần Nguyễn Huyền Trân, VNP-27

Supervisor: Dr. Vũ Thị Hồng Nhung

Abstract:

Domestic violence is a big global health problem that authorities are continually seeking to address. Raising people’s awareness of not tolerating acts of domestic violence is one of the variables that help to reduce the rate of domestic violence. This research aims to evaluate the effect of higher education levels on attitudes toward domestic violence. We used data from 3 waves of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in 2006, 2011, 2013, and 2021 with a total of around 10 thousand observations each year. The Propensity Score Matching method is applied in this paper to address the selection bias problem and therefore isolate the causality effect of education on ATDV without conducting experimental research. The findings of this research are supportive evidence for household bargaining theory, women or men with higher education levels are less likely to justify domestic violence. This result is consistent for all four data sets in this study.

Keywords: Domestic Violence, Treatment effect of education, Propensity score, Vietnam

JEL classification: J12, J18