Kd. Breault et Aj. Kposowa, THE EFFECTS OF MARITAL-STATUS ON ADULT FEMALE HOMICIDES IN THE UNITED-STATES, Journal of quantitative criminology, 13(2), 1997, pp. 217-230
With data from the 1992 Mortality Detail File, we examine the effects
of marital status on female homicide victimization in the United State
s. Multivariate logistic regression was fitted to all female homicide
deaths occurring in 1992. Results indicate that, controlling for race,
education, nativity, city size, region of the country, occupation, ag
e, day of the week, and month of the year, divorced females were 55.3%
more likely to be homicide victims than married females. Notably, sin
gle women did not differ from married women with respect to homicide r
isk. Finally, widowed women were significantly less likely to be homic
ide victims than married women. The results suggest a complicated rela
tionship between marital status and female homicide victimization.