@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp4067,
            	author={Lehrer, Evelyn L. and Lehrer, Vivian L. and Krauss, Ramona},
            	title={Religion and Intimate Partner Violence in Chile: Macro- and Micro-Level Influences},
            	year={2009},
	month={Mar},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={4067},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4067},
	abstract={The Catholic Church has had a strong influence on the Chilean legal and social landscape in ways that have adversely affected victims of intimate partner violence; e.g., it succeeded until just five years ago in blocking efforts to legalize divorce. At the same time, quantitative studies based on survey data from the United States and other countries show a generally favorable influence of religion on health and many other domains of life, including intimate partner violence. The present study explores the puzzle posed by these seemingly opposing macro- and micro- level forces. Results based on data from the 2005 Survey of Student Well-Being, a questionnaire on gender based violence administered to students at a large public university in Chile, show that moderate or low levels of religiosity are associated with reduced vulnerability to violence, but high levels are not. This non-linearity sheds light on the puzzle, because at the macro level the religious views shaping Chile's legal and social environment have been extreme.},
	keywords={religion;intimate partner violence},
            }