Leaving ≠ moving: Patterns of women who have left an abusive partner

Varcoe, Colleen

Saturday, March 31, 2012: 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Pacific H (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speaker:
Colleen Varcoe, RN, BSN, MEd, MSN, PhD, University of British Columbia

Authors:
Pamela Ponic, PHD, University of British Columbia
Lorraine Davies, PhD, University of Western Ontario
Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, RN, PhD, University of Western Ontario
Judith Wuest, RN, PhD, University of New Brunswick.

Presentation Format:
Scientific Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Obtain an understanding of women's housing patterns in the transition period around leaving an abusive partner for a community sample of 309 Canadian women
Evaluate information on techniques for analyzing longitudinal data sets that include life history calendar data

Description:
This analysis describes women’s housing patterns in the transition period around leaving an abusive partner and examines how these patterns relate to economic circumstances, levels of violence experienced and health outcomes. Based on a community sample of 309 women, we found that in the one year transition period around leaving, 1/3 of women did not move, 1/3 moved once and 1/3 moved 2-6 times. Moving patterns were significantly related to women’s economic circumstances and severity of violence experience.