Beyond borders: comparative quantitative research on partner violence in the United States and Mexico
Frías, S.M.; Angel, R.J.
Violence Against Women 18(1): 5-29
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1552-8448 PMID: 22411296 DOI: 10.1177/1077801212436420Document Number: 552498
We employ two surveys to identify similarities and differences in the risk of abuse among poor urban Mexican-origin women in the United States and Mexico. While the two surveys reveal basic structural similarity in the predictors of partner violence, the rate of violence among Mexican women is far lower than among either foreign-born or native-born Mexican origin women in the United States. While these differences may reflect reality, we argue that survey data must be interpreted cautiously and with an understanding of the cultural, economic, and political context in which the information is collected as well as methodological differences between the surveys.