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Download full textPare, Joan – 1992
Both the literature and common beliefs suggest that unemployment increases family stress and child abuse. To test this idea, data were collected on monthly unemployment rate and number of child abuse complaints during 1978-91 in a rural county in the northwestern United States dependent on the lumber industry. Unexpectedly, the data showed that…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Employment Patterns, Family Life, Leisure Time
Pare, Joan – 1984
To explore the correlation between unemployment and child abuse rates, a literature review was conducted and the phenomenon was examined in a rural Inland Northwest county (X County) of 9,800 population which derived its main income from lumber and agriculture. Monthly substantiated child abuse cases were tallied from the Department of Health and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Family Problems, Incidence, Literature Reviews
