title: Intimate partner violence among Latinas in eastern North Carolina.
abstract: This article explores the correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among rural, southern Latinas. A sample of 1,212 women in blue-collar work sites in rural North Carolina completed a questionnaire assessing IPV and other social, demographic, and health-related variables. Social and demographic correlates of IPV were examined. Adult lifetime prevalence of IPV in Latinas was 19.5%, similar to that of non-Latinas. As compared to Latinas who did not experience IPV and non-Latinas who experienced IPV, Latinas who experienced IPV were more likely to lack social support and to have children in the home. Agencies that provide services to victims of IPV in the rural South need to be prepared to meet the unique needs of Latina immigrants.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Denham
authors.forename: Pamela York
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Frasier
authors.forename: Elizabeth Gerken
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hooten
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belton
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Munni
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Begum
authors.forename: Marci K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012944:Social Support; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014931:Women, Working