TY - JOUR PY - 2001// TI - The association between the frequency of wife assault and marital dissolution in Canada JO - Journal of population economics A1 - Kingston-Riechers, JoAnn SP - 351 EP - 365 VL - 14 IS - 2 N2 - A strong positive association between wife abuse in the first marriage and the probability of that marriage ending is documented and investigated using the 1993 Violence Against Women survey (VAWS) for Canada and controlling for the endogeneity of abuse. A sensitivity analysis suggests that systematic reporting differences are not likely to account for the findings.
LA - SN - 0933-1433 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001480000055 ID - ref1 ER -