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fewer chances to know about her future partner and communicate with the future partner. Age at marriage, caste,
income, place of residence and education level are the crucial determinants of controlling women freedom in
marriage decision-making.

330 Are There Differences in Decision-making Power and Relationship Quality
between Free-choice and Arranged Marriages in Indonesia? Evidence from
Yogyakarta

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Leslie Angeningsih , Sunil Thankam , Xiaohe Xu
1 The Institute of Community Development “APMD”, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. University of Texas at San Antonio,
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San Antonio, USA
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6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship

Abstract

Indonesia has the eighth largest number of child marriages globally, with one in nine women married under the
age of 18. Though the marriage age for girls has been increased from 16 to 19 by the government in 2019,
arranged/child marriages remain prevalent. Utilizing survey data from Yogyakarta, this study replicates prior
research on marital behaviors and outcomes of free-choice vs. arranged marriages. Consistent with previous results
from Japan, Turkey, China, and/or Nepal, this study reveals that: (1) Indonesian women with free-choice marriages
report a greater share of decision-making power with their husbands than their counterparts in arranged marriages,
(2) Indonesian women with free-choice marriages also report significantly higher levels of relationship quality (e.g.,
more satisfied with marriage and love) and a decreased odds of divorce/separation than their counterparts in
arranged marriages, regardless of the length of the marriage, and (3), the equal sharing of marital power is
significantly and positively associated with relationship quality, and more importantly, free-choice marriages benefit
significantly more from this equal share than arranged marriages. Taken together, these results suggest that in
Yogyakarta free-choice marriages are indeed more gender egalitarian and stable than arranged/child marriages.
Policy and practical implications are discussed.

328 Filipino Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence

Cristabel Rose Parcon
University of the Philippine Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines

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6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. One
of the targets is the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in public and private spheres. The
most common form of violence experienced by women and girls in the private sphere is the intimate partner

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