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Violence Against Women, Vol. 9, No. 10, 1231-1244 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801203255862

Low-Income Mothers' Experience with Poor Health, Hardship, Work, and Violence

Implications for Policy

Diana Romero

Columbia University

Wendy Chavkin

Columbia University

Paul H. Wise

Boston University School of Medicine

Lauren A. Smith

Boston University School of Medicine

Welfare reform in 1996 increased work requirements for welfare recipients. Poor mothers face multiple barriers to work, among them poor health and abuse. In a sample (N = 504) of low-income mothers of children with chronic illnesses, women who had experienced violence had significantly worse health, experienced increased hardship, and faced more barriers to employment than women who did not experience violence. Battered women's health outcomes were assessed in the context of welfare policies that emphasize work without making reasonable accommodations for health and other employment barriers, including violence.

Key Words: battered women • health outcomes • low-income mothers • welfare reform


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