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Message ID: 268
Date: 1997-07-09

Author:Dan Herman

Subject:Socioeconomic Factors and Abuse Rates (was Decline in Quebec incidence rates...)

Brett Drake wrote:



> If I may be allowed a guess, I would consider that the economic context

> might be important here. We have seen studies showing that physical abuse

> rates (in Colorado) are *very* closely tied to unemployment rates. My own

> research, and the NIS work, shows that even sexual abuse is strongly tied

> to poverty (although I understand that some excellent researchers still

> doubt this to be the case).....



Can Dr. Drake or others please provide a few references to the strongest

research findings linking socioeconomic factors to rates of abuse.



Thanks.



Daniel Herman, DSW

Department of Psychiatry

Columbia University

dbh14columbia.edu



Brett Drake wrote:



> If I may be allowed a guess, I would consider that the economic context

> might be important here. We have seen studies showing that physical abuse

> rates (in Colorado) are *very* closely tied to unemployment rates. My own

> research, and the NIS work, shows that even sexual abuse is strongly tied

> to poverty (although I understand that some excellent researchers still

> doubt this to be the case).....



Can Dr. Drake or others please provide a few references to the strongest

research findings linking socioeconomic factors to rates of abuse.



Thanks.



Daniel Herman, DSW

Department of Psychiatry

Columbia University

dbh14columbia.edu