Toward Ethnically Specific Models of Employment, Public Assistance, and Victimization

Among 836 low-income women, those receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) or food stamps had experienced more coercive sexual assault, abuse by past partners, psychological abuse by current partners, and types of victimization than women not receiving assistance. The two groups of w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Violence against women 2001-02, Vol.7 (2), p.126-140
Main Authors: HONEYCUTT, TODD C., MARSHALL, LINDA L., WESTON, REBECCA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Battered Women
Domestic violence
Employment
Ethnic differences
Low Income Groups
Low income women
Race
Racial Differences
Sex crimes
Sexual Assault
Southern States
USA
Victimization
Victims of crime
Violence
Welfare
Welfare benefits
Welfare Recipients
Women
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Among 836 low-income women, those receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) or food stamps had experienced more coercive sexual assault, abuse by past partners, psychological abuse by current partners, and types of victimization than women not receiving assistance. The two groups of women were equally likely to endure threats or violence from current partners. African Americans and European Americans were more likely to have been victimized than Mexican Americans. European Americans reported more severe victimization except current partner violence. Multiple regressions on employment and assistance showed victimization predictors that varied by ethnicity. The effects of abuse by current partners were limited and are likely to be indirect.
ISSN:1077-8012
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778010122182352