TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Low-Income Mothers' Experience with Poor Health, Hardship, Work, and Violence
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Romero, Diana
A1  - Chavkin, Wendy
A1  - Wise, Paul H.
A1  - Smith, Lauren A.
SP  - 1231
EP  - 1244
VL  - 9
IS  - 10
N2  - Welfare reform in 1996 increased work requirements for welfare recipients. Poor mothers face multiple barriers to work, among them poor health and abuse. In a sample (N = 504) of low-income mothers of children with chronic illnesses, women who had experienced violence had significantly worse health, experienced increased hardship, and faced more barriers to employment than women who did not experience violence. Battered women's health outcomes were assessed in the context of welfare policies that emphasize work without making reasonable accommodations for health and other employment barriers, including violence.<p /> 
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SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255862
ID  - ref1
ER  -