TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory study of economic abuse among substance-involved women in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
AU - Jiwatram-Negrón, Tina
AU - Hunt, Timothy
AU - Nikitin, Danil
AU - Rychkova, Olga
AU - Ermolaeva, Irena
AU - Sharonova, Nadejda
AU - Mukambetov, Aibek
AU - Gilbert, Louisa
N1 - Funding Information:
We appreciate the time and effort of all the women who participated in the study, and acknowledge the Project WINGS of Hope teams at Asteria, Podruga and GLORI Foundations who made this study possible. This study was funded by the Open Society Foundation. Dr. Jiwatram-Negrón acknowledges the support received as a postdoctoral fellow at the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center at the University of Michigan. This study was funded by the Open Society Foundation. Dr. Jiwatram-Negrón acknowledges the support received as a postdoctoral fellow at the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center at the University of Michigan.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Open Society Foundation. Dr. Jiwatram-Negrón acknowledges the support received as a postdoctoral fellow at the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center at the University of Michigan.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - Background: Despite accumulating evidence on the disproportionate prevalence of different forms of gender-based violence among substance-involved women, financial or economic abuse has been understudied. Objectives: We examine the prevalence of economic abuse by intimate and non-intimate partners among a sample of 55 substance-involved women in Kyrgyzstan, and the relationship between economic abuse and socio-demographic characteristics and other types of gender-based violence. Methods: Descriptive, bivariate, and correlation analyses are used to examine the main research questions. Results: 89% of the sample experienced at least one incident of economic abuse in their lifetime by either an intimate or non-intimate partner. Subscale analyses revealed that 74.5%, 85.5%, and 63.6% of women experienced at least one incident of economic exploitation, economic control, and employment sabotage in their lifetime, respectively. Bivariate analyses indicated significant associations between economic abuse and age, ethnicity, parental status, and injection drug use. Partner psychological abuse was correlated with economic control, whereas non-intimate partner psychological and physical violence were associated with economic exploitation and employment sabotage. Conclusions: Findings highlight an urgent need to include economic abuse in surveillance efforts, and the need to develop economic empowerment strategies for substance-involved women.
AB - Background: Despite accumulating evidence on the disproportionate prevalence of different forms of gender-based violence among substance-involved women, financial or economic abuse has been understudied. Objectives: We examine the prevalence of economic abuse by intimate and non-intimate partners among a sample of 55 substance-involved women in Kyrgyzstan, and the relationship between economic abuse and socio-demographic characteristics and other types of gender-based violence. Methods: Descriptive, bivariate, and correlation analyses are used to examine the main research questions. Results: 89% of the sample experienced at least one incident of economic abuse in their lifetime by either an intimate or non-intimate partner. Subscale analyses revealed that 74.5%, 85.5%, and 63.6% of women experienced at least one incident of economic exploitation, economic control, and employment sabotage in their lifetime, respectively. Bivariate analyses indicated significant associations between economic abuse and age, ethnicity, parental status, and injection drug use. Partner psychological abuse was correlated with economic control, whereas non-intimate partner psychological and physical violence were associated with economic exploitation and employment sabotage. Conclusions: Findings highlight an urgent need to include economic abuse in surveillance efforts, and the need to develop economic empowerment strategies for substance-involved women.
KW - Economic abuse
KW - Kyrgyzstan
KW - gender-based violence
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - substance use
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U2 - 10.1080/14659891.2017.1421272
DO - 10.1080/14659891.2017.1421272
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046706319
SN - 1465-9891
VL - 23
SP - 358
EP - 365
JO - Journal of Substance Use
JF - Journal of Substance Use
IS - 4
ER -