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Chicago Women's Health Risk Study, 1995-1998

(15 datasets; 25,263 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Block, Carolyn Rebecca

Summary: The goal of the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS) was to develop a reliable and validated profile of risk factors directly related to lethal or life-threatening outcomes in intimate partner violence, for use in agencies and organizations working to help women in abusive relationships. Data were collected to draw comparisons between abused women in situations resulting in fatal outcomes and those without fatal outcomes, as well as a baseline comparison of abused women and non-... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03002.v1

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