Dowry Problem in Tangail District: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Jarin Tasnim and Sadika Sharmin

The present study aims at exploring critical factors causing dowry practice in Tangail district, Bangladesh. Primary data were collected through face to face interview with a semi structured interview schedule. Purposive sampling was used to select 122 victim women’s of dowry related violence from five villages of Sadar upazila of Tangail district. Descriptive statistic and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze data. Results find that unemployment and poverty, illiteracy, dowry enhances women status, the ambition of becoming rich have positive co-efficient and socioeconomic status of women has negative co-efficient and these factors are statistically significant for causing dowry system in society. Ensuring women’s proper education, improvement of women’s economic status with multifaceted skill development programs that facilitates income earning activities, creating public awareness from family to community level and proper implementation of existing laws are most effective remedy to curb dowry system in the society.

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