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The study characterizes young married women’s social networks in rural Uttar Pradesh and analyzes how inter-generational household power dynamics shape network formation. Co-residence with mothers-in-law reduces women’s mobility and social connectivity beyond the household, especially around health, fertility, and family planning.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nAUTHOR ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT  \nFINAL PUBLICATION INFORMATION  \nCurse of the Mummy-ji  \nThe Influence of Mothers-in-Law on Women in India  \nThe definitive version of the text was subsequently published in  \nAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102(5), 2020-08-23  \nPublished by John Wiley and Sons and found at [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12114](http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12114)  \nTHE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION OF THIS MANUSCRIPT IS AVAILABLE ON THE PUBLISHER’S PLATFORM  \nThis Author Accepted Manuscript is copyrighted by World Bank and published by John Wiley and Sons. 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We characterize young married women’s social networks in rural India and analyze how inter-generational power dynamics within the household affect their network formation. Using primary data from Uttar Pradesh, we show that co-residence with the mother-in-law is negatively correlated with her daughter-in-law’s mobility and ability to form social connections outside the household, especially those related to health, fertility, and family planning. Our findings suggest that themother-in-law’s restrictive behavior is potentially driven by the misalignment of fertility preferences between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law. The lack of peers outside the household lowers the daughter-in-law’s likelihood of visiting a family planning clinic and of using modern contraception. We find suggestive evidence that this is because outside peers (1) positively influence daughter-in-law’s beliefs about the social acceptability of family planning and (2) enable the daughter-in-law to overcome mobility constraints by accompanying her to health clinics.  \nJEL Codes: J12, J13, J16, O15  \nKeywords: family planning, India, mobility, mother-in-law, reproductive health, social networks  \n*Anukriti, Herrera-Almanza, and Karra share equal co-authorship of the design, the analysis, and the write-up; Pathak oversaw the fieldwork in his capacity as the local PI. 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