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Hepworth, H. Philip – 1980
The surfacing of battered wives as a specific problem comes out of the many social changes occurring in Britain and many other countries in the 1960's. It comes in part from the growing number of marriages, the peaking of the baby boom in 1959, a decrease in family size, and a steady growth in female labor force participation. Importantly, women's…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Divorce, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
