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008			110331s2005 eng
022			_a0145-2134
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_9781 _aBerger, Lawrence R.
245			_aIncome, family characteristics, and physical violence toward children _cBerger, Lawrence M.
260			_c2005
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520			_a"This paper discusses the ways in which existing microeconomic theories of partner abuse, intra-family bargaining, and distribution of resources within families may contribute to our current understanding of physical child abuse. The empirical implications of this discussion are then tested on data from the 1985 National Family Violence Survey (NFVS) in order to estimate the effects of income, family characteristics, and state characteristics on physical violence toward children. Methodology: The sample consists of 2,760 families with children from the NFVS. Probit and ordered probit models are used to explore relationships between income, family characteristics, state characteristics, and physical violence toward children among single-parent and two-parent families.Results: In both single-parent and two-parent families, depression, maternal alcohol consumption, and history of family violence affect children's probabilities of being abused. Additionally, income is significantly related to violence toward children in single-parent families.Conclusions: These results reinforce earlier findings that demographic characteristics, maternal depression, maternal alcohol use, and intra-family patterns of violence may largely contribute to child abuse. This research also suggests that income may play a substantially more important role in regard to parental violence in single-parent families than in two-parent families."--JOURNAL ABSTRACT
650	2	7	_aALCOHOL ABUSE _955
650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_aSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS _9568
650	2	7	_aSURVEYS _9592
651		4	_aUNITED STATES _92646
500			_aChild Abuse and Neglect 29(2) February 2005 : 107-133
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
773	0		_tChild Abuse and Neglect 29(2) February 2005 : 107-133
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.02.006 _zAccess the abstract
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