title: Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern, and Poor White Women.
abstract: Poor White single mothers and their children in non-urban communities in the American South experience high levels of domestic violence. We report selected findings from a life history study among White, low-income, unmarried mothers in South Carolina. Here, we examine how domestic violence in both childhood and adulthood may inhibit asset development by diminishing low-income single mothers' accumulation of human and social capital, thus compromising their well-being as adults and parents.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA Naomi.farber@sc.edu.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farber
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: Julie E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Miller-Cribbs
keywords: White women; domestic violence; southern poverty