Secondary Data Analysis on the Etiology, Course and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence against Extremely Poor Women

摘要

The Better Homes Fund and BOTEC Analysis Corporation have undertaken a secondary data analysis project to increase understanding of childhood antecedents to adult partner violence, and the impact of partner violence on the use of addictive substances and the capacity to maintain work among impoverished single mothers. Analyses were conducted utilizing a comprehensive, longitudinal data set that includes in-depth information on homeless and poor housed single female parents, most on public welfare. Researchers completed three papers addressing each of the three project aims: (1) to describe patterns of partner violence in the lives of poor single mothers and to delineate childhood and adult risk markers for partner violence; (2) to evaluate the relationship between partner violence and substance abuse among poor mothers, exploring the joint and independent contribution of childhood physical and sexual abuse, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and partners use of substance; and (3) to evaluate the relationship between partner violence and womens capacity to maintain work over time.