Citation

Rennison CM, DeKeseredy WS, Dragiewicz M. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(11): 1312-1330.

Affiliation

University of Colorado Denver, Denver, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213514487

PMID

24309237

Abstract

Woman abuse varies across intimate relationship categories (e.g., marriage, divorce, separation). However, it is unclear whether relationship status variations in violence against women differ across urban, suburban, and rural areas. We test the hypothesis that rural females, regardless of their intimate partner relationship status, are at higher risk of intimate violence than their urban and suburban counterparts. Results indicate that marital status is an important aspect of the relationship between intimate victimization and geographic area and that rural divorced and separated females are victimized at rates exceeding their urban counterparts.

Language: en