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The Combined Effect of Women's Neighborhood Resources and Collective Efficacy on IPV
Author(s) -
Jackson Aubrey L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/jomf.12294
Subject(s) - collective efficacy , spouse , domestic violence , socioeconomic status , hierarchy , social psychology , psychology , multilevel model , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , sociology , demography , environmental health , political science , medicine , population , computer science , machine learning , anthropology , law
This study integrates gender stratification and social disorganization theories to examine neighborhood effects on intimate partner violence ( IPV ). Using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods, multilevel models assessed the influences of women's neighborhood‐level socioeconomic resources relative to men's and collective efficacy on a woman's risk of IPV victimization by her spouse or cohabiting partner. The findings indicate that women's relative neighborhood resources protect against IPV victimization only in neighborhoods with sufficiently high collective efficacy. Likewise, the results show that collective efficacy protects against IPV victimization only when women have at least a modicum of control over neighborhood resources compared to men. The findings emphasize the importance of considering group resources along with neighborhood social organization to better understand IPV . More broadly, this study demonstrates how a group's position in a neighborhood social hierarchy helps determine the extent to which its members benefit from neighborhood social control.