Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Understanding of women's heightend risk of violence in common-law unions: revisiting the selection and relationship hypothesis
Other Titles:	Violence against women
Authors:	Brownridge, Douglas A
Keywords:	Statistics;Theories of violence;Measurement
Year:	2004
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	10 (6), June 2004
Notes:	Presents the methodology and findings of a Canadian study aimed at exploring the risk of violence against women in cohabiting relationships and testing the hypothesis that as cohabitation becomes more common, the heightened risk of intimate partner violence identified in cohabiting relationships, as compared to married relationships, will decrease Theoretical approaches to understanding cohabiting women’s heightened risk of exposure to intimate violence are also reviewed, suggesting the relationship between marital status and risk of violence is due to both relationship and selection factors. Analyses of the results indicate that the decline in violence between cohabiting couples has contributed substantially to the overall decline in partner violence in Canada and that the increasing prevalence of cohabitation may have eliminated many of the differences between cohabiting and married relationships that led to the observed ‘selection bias’.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12575
ISSN:	1077-8012
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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