Are economic and social deprivation related to intimate partner violence?
Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD1, Sally Zierler, DrPh2, and Annie Gjelsvik2. (1) Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Box G – B 213, Providence, RI 02912, 401 863 3211, deborah_pearlman@brown.edu, (2) Dept. of Community Health, Brown University Schools of Medicine, Box G-A4, Providence, RI 02912 Worldwide, the most common form of violence against women is intimate partner violence (IPV). Our ability to determine the scope of IPV in the United States is hindered by a lack of surveillance systems with measures of economic and social deprivation. Also lacking is knowledge about the relationship between economic deprivation and use of victim services. Using data come from the 1998 – 1999 Rhode Island Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, we examined IPV incidence and use of victim services in relation to economic and social deprivation, controlling for demographic and health variables. Economic deprivation included measures of income, education, health i
