How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan
Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using nationally representative data. Factor...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/914761635472358174/How-Do-Gender-Norms-Shape-Education-and-Domestic-Work-Outcomes-The-Case-of-Syrian-Refugee-Adolescents-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36471 |
| Summary: | Forced displacement has disrupted
Syrian refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities
and norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the
lives of Syrian refugee adolescent girls in Jordan, using
nationally representative data. Factor analysis is used to
summarize a variety of beliefs and behavioral aspects of
norms: gender role attitudes, justification of domestic
violence, decision making, and mobility. The paper compares
these outcomes by sex, nationality, and for adolescents
versus adults. It complements the data on individual beliefs
and behaviors with family and community beliefs and
behaviors as proxies for others’ expectations and behaviors.
The paper then examines how own, family, and community
gender norms relate to two key adolescent outcomes: domestic
work and enrollment in school. The findings show that while
gender role attitudes are similar across generations and
nationalities, Syrian adolescent girls are particularly
restricted in their mobility. Nonetheless, they have similar
educational outcomes as boys and, after accounting for
differences in socioeconomic status, as Jordanian girls.
While gender inequality in domestic work is substantial,
higher levels of own and mother’s decision making predict
lower domestic workloads, illustrating the linkages between
different dimensions of gender norms and social and economic outcomes. |
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