TY - BOOK AU - Summers, Anne TI - The choice : : violence or poverty PY - 2022/// CY - Sydney, NSW : PB - University of Technology Sydney, KW - DISABLED PEOPLE KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - HOMELESSNESS KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - MOTHERS KW - POVERTY KW - SEPARATION KW - STATISTICS KW - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES KW - WOMEN KW - INTERNATIONAL KW - AUSTRALIA N2 - The data that is published here for the first time reveals both the shocking extent of domestic violence suffered by women who are now single mothers, and outlines in grim detail the economic, health and other consequences of the choice these women made to leave the violence. The findings are both new and confronting and have major policy ramifications for how we address domestic violence, and to the policy-induced poverty that is its outcome for far too many women and children. (From the Executive summary). Record #7706 UR - https://doi.org/10.26195/3s1r-4977 UR - https://www.violenceorpoverty.com/ UR - https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2022-07-07/13944946 ER -