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Joining the dots: the combined burden of violence, abuse and poverty in the lives of women
- Authors:
- McMANUS Sally, SCOTT Sara, SOSENKO Filip
- Publisher:
- Agenda
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 76
- Place of publication:
- London
This research, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and conducted by researchers at DMSS Research and Heriot-Watt University, combines data on women’s experiences of poverty, mental health, life circumstances, and abuse and violence, to show how different forms of inequality combine in the lives of women in poverty in England. It uses data from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS), which provides information about mental illness in the general population, as well as information about economic circumstances, social relationships and experiences of sexual and physical abuse, violence. The analysis found that women living in poverty are more likely to have suffered violence and abuse than those who are not. Mental health problems were more strongly linked with violence and abuse than with poverty, with 55 per cent of women living in poverty who had been abused experiencing anxiety or depression, compared with 17 per cent of women in poverty who had not been abused. Women experiencing extensive abuse and poverty were also more likely to be homeless, 21 per cent, compared with 3 per cent of women in poverty who had not been abused. The report concludes that being poor can make women and girls more vulnerable to perpetrators of abuse and prevent them from escaping abusive situations, while the impact of abuse can trap women in poverty. Based on the findings the report makes recommendations for policy makers, service providers and practitioners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hidden hurt: violence, abuse and disadvantage in the lives of women
- Authors:
- SCOTT Sara, McMANUS Sally
- Publisher:
- Agenda
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents a picture of both the scale of violence and abuse women face, the nature of their experiences, and how the life chances of women experiencing the most extensive violence and abuse differ from the rest of the population. Drawing on the analysis of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) data, it provides evidence of the extent to which women who experience the most extensive abuse and violence (both as children and adults) are more likely to face other adverse circumstances, such as poor mental and physical health, poverty, debt, difficulties finding employment, poor housing and homelessness, disability, and substance misuse problems. The report shows that overall, women are twice as likely as men to experience interpersonal violence and abuse, and the more extensive the violence the more likely that it is experienced by women rather than men. Women’s greater exposure to violence and abuse may go some way to explaining their higher rate of mental illness. In addition, women with extensive experience of physical and sexual violence are far more likely to experience disadvantage in many other areas of their lives, including disability and ill health, substance dependence, poverty and debt, poor living conditions, homelessness and discrimination. (Edited publisher abstract)