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Economic Well-Being And Intimate Partner Violence: New Findings About The Informal Economy, Loretta Pyles
Economic Well-Being And Intimate Partner Violence: New Findings About The Informal Economy, Loretta Pyles
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between intimatep artnerv iolence (IPV) and women's participationin the informal economy (both legal and illegal) and their impact on economic well-being. This research was part of a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) study that was concerned with women's survival of childhood and adult abuse. For the 285 women that were in this sample, there were positive, medium correlations between IPV and various types of informal economic activity. Illegal informal economic activity, institutionalized informal economic activity, incarceration and physical abuse negatively impacted women's economic well-being.
Maine Women's Insider (August 2006), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff
Maine Women's Insider (August 2006), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Insider (June 2006), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff
Maine Women's Insider (June 2006), Maine Women's Giving Tree Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Women's Insider (April 2006), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Insider (April 2006), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Women And War, Linda A. Malone
Women And War, Linda A. Malone
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Fall), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Fall), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Summer), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Summer), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Winter), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
The Maine Women's Advocate (2006 - Winter), Maine Women's Lobby Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Mandatory Waiting Periods For Abortions And Female Mental Health, Jonathan Klick
Mandatory Waiting Periods For Abortions And Female Mental Health, Jonathan Klick
All Faculty Scholarship
Proponents of laws requiring a waiting period before a woman can receive an abortion argue that these cooling off periods protect against rash decisions on the part of women in the event of unplanned pregnancies. Opponents claim, at best, waiting periods have no effect on decision-making and, at worst, they subject women to additional mental anguish and stress. In this article, I examine these competing claims using adult female suicide rates at the state level as a proxy for mental health. Panel data analyses suggest that the adoption of mandatory waiting periods reduce suicide rates by about 10 percent, and …