Why Do They Return? Abused Wives in Shelters.

Aguirre, B. E.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Why Do They Return? Abused Wives in Shelters.

Aguirre, B. E.

Social Work, v30 n4 p350-54 Jul-Aug 1985

Results of a statistical analysis of a study of battered wives in shelters indicated that the wives' economic dependence on their husbands almost always ensured that they would return to their husbands and that respondents who considered the shelters useful had a higher probability of returning to their husbands. (Author)

Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Financial Needs, Individual Power, Marital Instability, Psychological Patterns, Spouses

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Language: English

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