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Financial control is a form of abuse and includes controlling access to household money, such as not having access to bank accounts. Stephanie Flack/AAP

November 19, 2017

Three charts on: how emotional and economic abuse go hand‑in‑hand

Jozica Kutin, RMIT University; Mike Reid, RMIT University, and Roslyn Russell, RMIT University

Emotional and economic abuse in relationships are often intertwined as people who insult and shame their partners will also try to control their income and assets.

New research has found that 15.7% of women and 7.1% of men have experienced economic abuse in their lifetimes. Shutterstock

March 1, 2017

Revealed: the hidden problem of economic abuse in Australia

Jozica Kutin, RMIT University; Mike Reid, RMIT University, and Roslyn Russell, RMIT University

Women living in high financial stress and those who have a disability or chronic health condition are most at risk of economic abuse.

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