Citation

Gondolf EW, Fisher E, McFerron JR. J. Fam. Violence 1988; 3(1): 39-51.

Affiliation

Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Austin Center for Battered Women, Austin, Texas; Academic Computing Services, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00994665

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The implications of racial differences for shelter services has become an increasing concern with the expansion and development of shelters for battered women. This study employs bivariate cross-tabulations and discriminant analysis of shelter intake and exit interviews to determine the most influential variables in differentiating anglo, black, and hispanic women. The groups appear to be differentiated most by income and marital related variables, and very little by abuse and help-seeking variables. The findings suggest that the greatest differences overall are between anglo and hispanic women, and that additional economic and educational supports need to be directed to the hispanic group.