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Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota

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Gennetian, LA
Published in: Violence Against Woman
October 1, 2003

This article examines the effects on domestic abuse of a pilot welfare program that took place in urban and rural counties of Minnesota from 1994 to 1998. Like many other random assignment evaluations of welfare programs, this pilot program was not designed to explicitly test the effects of special provisions on victims of domestic abuse. Yet in urban counties, the Minnesota program increased employment and reduced domestic abuse among single-mother welfare recipients. Similar effects were not found in rural counties. Urban-rural differences were not a result of racial/ethnic composition but were likely related to differences in prior marital experiences.

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Violence Against Woman

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1077-8012

Publication Date

October 1, 2003

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9

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10

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1171 / 1190

Related Subject Headings

  • Criminology
  • 48 Law and legal studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 18 Law and Legal Studies
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Gennetian, L. A. (2003). Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota. Violence Against Woman, 9(10), 1171–1190. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255846
Gennetian, L. A. “Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota.” Violence Against Woman 9, no. 10 (October 1, 2003): 1171–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255846.
Gennetian LA. Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota. Violence Against Woman. 2003 Oct 1;9(10):1171–90.
Gennetian, L. A. “Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota.” Violence Against Woman, vol. 9, no. 10, Oct. 2003, pp. 1171–90. Scopus, doi:10.1177/1077801203255846.
Gennetian LA. Welfare Policies and Domestic Abuse Among Single Mothers: Experimental Evidence from Minnesota. Violence Against Woman. 2003 Oct 1;9(10):1171–1190.
Journal cover image

Published In

Violence Against Woman

DOI

ISSN

1077-8012

Publication Date

October 1, 2003

Volume

9

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1171 / 1190

Related Subject Headings

  • Criminology
  • 48 Law and legal studies
  • 44 Human society
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 18 Law and Legal Studies
  • 16 Studies in Human Society
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences