Citation

Farber N, Miller-Cribbs JE. Violence Against Women 2014; 20(5): 517-538.

Affiliation

University of Oklahoma, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214535104

PMID

24920456

Abstract

Poor White single mothers and their children in non-urban communities in the American South experience high levels of domestic violence. We report selected findings from a life history study among White, low-income, unmarried mothers in South Carolina. Here, we examine how domestic violence in both childhood and adulthood may inhibit asset development by diminishing low-income single mothers' accumulation of human and social capital, thus compromising their well-being as adults and parents.

Language: en