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Sociodemographic Predictors And Cultural Barriers To Help-Seeking Behavior By Latina And Anglo American Battered Women, Carolyn M. West, Glenda Kaufman Kantor, Jana L. Jasinski
Sociodemographic Predictors And Cultural Barriers To Help-Seeking Behavior By Latina And Anglo American Battered Women, Carolyn M. West, Glenda Kaufman Kantor, Jana L. Jasinski
Carolyn M. West
Data from a national survey were used to investigate the help-seeking efforts of Latinas (Mexican, Mexican American, Puerto Rican) and Anglo American women who experienced battering by intimate partners. The findings revealed that battered Latinas were significantly younger, less educated, and more impoverished than Anglo women. Additionally, Latinas more often categorized their marriages as male dominated and their husbands as heavy drinkers. Bivariate analyses showed that Latinas who sought help were significantly more acculturated and more likely to have a heavy drinking husband than those who did not seek help. Although battered women were active help seekers, Latinas underutilized both …