Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and Associated Factors

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 344-363

  Cho, Hyunkag ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; intimate partner violence; perpetration; race; victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857589367     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511416469     Document Type: Article

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