A new report finds that 31% of teenage girls aged 16 to 18 have recently experienced economic abuse. The figures are reported by the charity Surviving Economic Abuse and are reflected across multiple outlets covering the study. The reporting indicates that, in many cases, the abuse begins soon after a relationship starts, sometimes within weeks of the relationship forming. Economic abuse generally refers to controlling or restricting a person’s access to money or resources, or using finances to maintain power over a partner. The sources present the statistic as a measure of how common this type of abuse is among teenage girls in the specified age group, and highlight early onset as an important pattern in cases described by the charity. Together, the coverage focuses on the prevalence of economic abuse and the speed at which it can emerge in relationships involving teenagers aged 16 to 18, according to the charity’s findings.
31% of girls aged 16–18 report recent experience of economic abuse
A new report finds that 31% of teenage girls aged 16 to 18 have recently experienced economic abuse. The figures are reported by the charity Surviving Economic Abuse and are reflected across multiple...
- 31% of girls aged 16 to 18 report having recently experienced economic abuse.
- The findings are attributed to the charity Surviving Economic Abuse.
- In many cases, the abuse starts soon after a relationship begins.
- Some reports indicate the abuse can begin within weeks of the relationship starting.
In many cases, the abuse began within weeks of a relationship starting, according to charity Surviving Economic Abuse.
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