NCJ Number
239187
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 18 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2012 Pages: 5-29
Date Published
January 2012
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This study examined family violence among poor Mexican women in Mexico and the United States.
Abstract
The authors employ two surveys to identify similarities and differences in the risk of abuse among poor urban Mexican-origin women in the United States and Mexico. While the two surveys reveal basic structural similarity in the predictors of partner violence, the rate of violence among Mexican women is far lower than among either foreign-born or native-born Mexican origin women in the United States. While these differences may reflect reality, we argue that survey data must be interpreted cautiously and with an understanding of the cultural, economic, and political context in which the information is collected as well as methodological differences between the surveys. (Published Abstract)