Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence against Women: Results from the California Women’s Health Survey
Publisher: Public Health Nutrition
Author(s): Joni L. Ricks, Susan D. Cochran, Onyebuchi A. Arah, John K. Williams, and Teresa E. Seeman
Date: 2015
Topics: Gender, Renewable Resources
Countries: United States
This study aimed to investigate the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence in a population-based sample of heterosexual women. The results show (i) that African-American women had a higher prevalence of food insecurity and were more likely to report severe intimate partner violence; (ii) a strong positive association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence; (iii) evidence of effect modification of the association between food insecurity and intimate partner violence by marital status; and (iv) higher odds of intimate partner violence among those reporting more severe food insecurity.