Title

Pregnancy and violence against women - An analysis of longitudinal data

Authors

Authors

J. L. Jasinski

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Interpers. Violence

Keywords

PHYSICAL ABUSE; RISK-FACTORS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; BIRTH-WEIGHT; SEXUAL; ABUSE; PREVALENCE; CARE; Criminology & Penology; Family Studies; Psychology, Applied

Abstract

Results from research using hospital samples and anecdotal reports from victims have suggested that pregnancy may be a lime of increased risk for assaults against women. Research using national probability samples, however, indicates that pregnant women may not be at greater risk for victimization than women who are not pregnant, once the analyses control for the effects of age. The current study used data from Waves I and 2 of the National Survey of Families and Households and focused on the relationship between pregnancy and four patterns of violence: no violence, persistent violence, violence cessation, and violence initiation. The sample included 3,500 couples who were either married or cohabiting during the first wave of the study and who were still with the same partner during the second wave 5 years later The results suggested that first pregnancy. as well as unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. was significantly associated with violence category.

Journal Title

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volume

16

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

712

Last Page

733

WOS Identifier

WOS:000169156600006

ISSN

0886-2605

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