Citation

Cho H, Velez-Ortiz D, Parra-Cardona JR. Violence Against Women 2014; 20(9): 1041-1058.

Affiliation

Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214549636

PMID

25261437

Abstract

This study seeks to contribute to the limited literature on intimate partner violence (IPV) with Latino populations by analyzing national estimates of prevalence of and risk factors for IPV across the three largest Latino subgroups: Cuban-Origin, Mexican-Origin, and Puerto Ricans.

RESULTS showed that foreign-born Mexicans reported the highest rates of IPV compared with foreign-born Cubans and Puerto Ricans; Latinas with higher levels of education and employment reported higher levels of IPV; and foreign-born Mexicans reported a higher rate of less injurious IPV than their U.S.-born counterparts. These findings highlight the need to inform programs of varying nature of Latinas experiencing IPV.

Language: en