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The Impact of Child Maltreatment on the Lives of Australian Women

Synopsis

This research project aims to understand the long-term impacts of child maltreatment on health and life outcomes such as education and employment of Australian women. Data from surveys 3, 5, and 6 of the 1989-95 cohort and surveys 7 and 8 of the 1973-78 cohort within the ALSWH will be used to identify Australian women with experiences of child maltreatment (e.g. physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse). Since such adverse experiences occurred before the participants turned 18 and were determined from the ALSWH in the later waves, this research project will utilize data from all surveys related to these cohorts since entering the ALSWH to compare health and life outcomes between Australian women with and without a history of child maltreatment. Additionally, the project will also assess how these impacts evolve over the course of their lives.