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Peer reviewedGelles, Richard J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Examined data from Second National Family Violence Survey. Found women under age 25 to be more likely than older women to be both pregnant and to be hit and abused by husbands and partners. Although pregnant women were not particularly vulnerable group, pregnancy did not insulate them from high rates of violence experienced by young women.…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Violence, High Risk Persons, Pregnancy
