Relationship violence and frequency of intoxication among low-income urban women.
Using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999), a probability sample of 2,280 low-income women with children living in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we examine the effects of relationship violence before age 18 and in the past year on frequency of adult intoxication. Results obtained from a series of ordered logistic regression models suggest that sexual coercion before age 18 and minor and severe physical assault in the past year are independently associated with greater frequency of intoxication, net of a range of sociodemographic controls. The study's limitations are noted.
Hill
Terrence D
TD
Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA. tdh@miami.edu
Nielsen
Amie L
AL
Angel
Ronald J
RJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003068:Coercion; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult