title: Beaten and poor? A study of the long-term economic situation of women victims of severe violence.
abstract: This 10-year follow-up study based on Swedish national registers compares the economic situation of women victims of violence leading to hospitalization (n = 6,085) to nonexposed women (n = 55,016) in 1992 to 2005. Women exposed to severe violence had a poorer financial situation prior to the assault. Violence seems to heavily reinforce this pattern, indicating a continued need of support from the social work profession. Assaulted women had a worse income development, lower odds for being in employment, and higher odds for having low incomes and means tested social assistance during the 10-year follow-up, independent of having children or not.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trygged
authors.forename: Ebba
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hedlund
authors.forename: Ingemar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kåreholt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult