According to this chart, women in Maryland County are much less tolerant of wife beating than women in other counties. Would anyone like to help me understand this? What makes Maryland (and maybe Grand Gedeh) different from the rest of the country? Or is it survey error?
Update: Thanks to Joe for this comment:
At first glance, I’m tempted to say that there’s some kind of survey error going on, perhaps small-sample or selection bias (i.e. if abuse is a huge problem and only the strongest women who escape it answer the survey). That’s something the surveyors will need to clarify.
Seeing how I know nothing about Maryland County, Liberia, I did some Google sleuthing, and I wonder if the results in the chart have anything to do with the County being formed (and developing) separately from the rest of Liberia in the nineteenth century (perhaps different institutions, practices, etc.) prior to being incorporated into Liberia. There might be a social-capital argument there that would be worth pursuing.
I’d also be interested in seeing what the farming structures in Maryland County are like and how this compares with the rest of the country. Maybe farms have fewer laborers and women are more active economic decision-makers in the County? Or maybe farms there just do terribly and the women are more essential?
Anyone have answers to the last questions? I think it’s entirely possible these two explanations might explain the outliers. A friend in Harper suggested another possibility:
I have never heard any suggestion that Grebo culture is any different on this matter. And I consider Maryland reasonably/averagely integrated into the themes of human rights. A good many Marylanders received education on this while in the camps in Cote d’Ivoire, but again, I can’t think of any reason why it would be different in Maryland.
More ideas?
At first glance, I’m tempted to say that there’s some kind of survey error going on, perhaps small-sample or selection bias (i.e. if abuse is a huge problem and only the strongest women who escape it answer the survey). That’s something the surveyors will need to clarify.
Seeing how I know nothing about Maryland County, Liberia, I did some Google sleuthing, and I wonder if the results in the chart have anything to do with the County being formed (and developing) separately from the rest of Liberia in the nineteenth century (perhaps different institutions, practices, etc.) prior to being incorporated into Liberia. There might be a social-capital argument there that would be worth pursuing.
I’d also be interested in seeing what the farming structures in Maryland County are like and how this compares with the rest of the country. Maybe farms have fewer laborers and women are more active economic decision-makers in the County? Or maybe farms there just do terribly and the women are more essential?
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