School of Social Work, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Violence Vict. 2024 Aug 6;39(3):263-276. doi: 10.1891/VV-2024-0070.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on the economic well-being of women, particularly those experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). While some scholars have included common economic risk factors in their studies on COVID-related IPV experiences, fewer have looked specifically at the nature of the financial issues experienced. As such, the purpose of this study was to better understand the types of financial issues that survivors experienced because of the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with different forms of IPV. In July 2022, a sample of 571 women-identifying IPV survivors living in the United States participated in an online survey via Qualtrics panel service. The mean age of participants was 42, and 69% identified as White, non-Hispanic. On average, participants experienced approximately three COVID-related financial issues. After controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, economic abuse and economic abuse-related financial debt were both significantly associated with COVID-related financial issues. Study findings have important implications for economically supporting IPV survivors through research, policy, and practice.
COVID-19 大流行对女性的经济福祉产生了重大影响，特别是那些经历亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的女性。虽然一些学者在研究与 COVID 相关的 IPV 经历时已经包括了常见的经济风险因素，但很少有研究专门探讨所经历的财务问题的性质。因此，本研究的目的是更好地了解由于 COVID-19 大流行而经历财务问题的幸存者的类型，以及这些问题与不同形式的 IPV 的关联。2022 年 7 月，通过 Qualtrics 小组服务，在美国居住的 571 名女性身份的 IPV 幸存者参加了一项在线调查。参与者的平均年龄为 42 岁，69%为白人，非西班牙裔。平均而言，参与者经历了大约三个与 COVID 相关的财务问题。在控制了社会人口统计学特征后，经济虐待和与经济虐待相关的财务债务都与 COVID 相关的财务问题显著相关。研究结果对通过研究、政策和实践为 IPV 幸存者提供经济支持具有重要意义。
