'Who Pays in the End?': The Personal and Political Implications of Financial Abuse of Women in Intimate Partner Relationships
The pre-conditions under which financial abuse of women occurs and persists are examined by employing first hand narratives to illustrate the severity and the invisibility of such abuse. The costs of this abuse to women and children are also explored and recommendations are made for policy solutions to redress the problem.
Economic abuse between intimate partners in Australia: prevalence, health status, disability and financial stress
Objective: Economic abuse is a form of domestic violence that has a significant impact on the health and financial wellbeing of victims, but is understudied. This study determined the lifetime prevalence of economic abuse in Australia by age and gender, and the associated risk factors.
Gender Differences in Determinants of Marital Disruption
Because the family is a highly gendered institution, the authors anticipated that characteristics of husbands and wives would have differing influences on marital disruption. Longitudinal data from the National Survey of Families and Households were used to examine the influence of sociodemographic and attitudinal characteristics of each spouse on the likelihood of marital disruption. In general, wives' variables have a stronger influence than do husbands' variables, suggesting that wives play a greater role in maintenance of marital relationships and are more sensitive to problems in the relationship. The relative influence of each spouse's characteristics is more similar in egalitarian marriages, however. Findings confirm the gendered nature of marital relationships.