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Battering, Work, and Welfare in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 2001-2002

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Principal Investigator(s): Brush, Lisa D.; Higgins, Lorraine

Summary: The project's primary research objective was to assess the degree to which violence, sabotage, and control present obstacles to waged work and job training for women in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It sought to develop and assess instruments and generate data to serve as guideposts for policy and service delivery. The study consisted of two parts: (1) a series of interviews with 40 female welfare recipients, and (2) a community literacy project that resulted in a collection of narrative... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04081.v1

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