Who can leave a partner who uses violence?

Isabelle Sin (izi.sin@motu.org.nz), Shannon Minehan (shannon.minehan@motu.org.nz), Janet Fanslow (j.fanslow@auckland.ac.nz) and Alayne Mikahere-Hall (alayne.hall@aut.ac.nz)
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Isabelle Sin: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Shannon Minehan: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
Janet Fanslow: University of Auckland
Alayne Mikahere-Hall: Auckland University of Technology

No 24_01, Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: Drawing upon longitudinal data from the Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) study, this research looks at the barriers to mothers leaving partners who use violence. The persistence of conflict or abuse experienced by mothers over the antenatal to 9-month period, and over the 54-month to 8-year period was examined. For these two periods, the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) at the start of the period and the relationship breaking up during this period was explored. Key findings include: • mothers with fewer financial resources are less able to leave partners who use violence. This suggests a lack of financial resources is a barrier to victims of IPV becoming safe • younger mothers, mothers who lack access to a car, mothers with poor physical health, mothers who are not part of a community, mothers who place high importance on maintaining cultural traditions (who are largely non Europeans), and mothers whose partners have low education or earnings may also be less able to leave partners who use violence • consistent with previous studies, this study finds within-relationship conflict and IPV are commonly experienced by New Zealand mothers • mothers who report conflict or IPV in one survey wave are quite likely to report it again in the following survey wave (one to several years later). However, a considerable proportion of such mothers report no IPV in the following wave, either because their partners stopped using violence or their relationship ended

Keywords: Intimate partner violence; domestic violence; domestic abuse; relationship breakdown; family violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 182 pages
Date: 2024-03
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