Intimate partner violence in the United States is significantly associated with employment instability. Using a latent growth curve model, the current study investigates the impact of intimate partner violence on mothers’ (N=4897) employment outcomes trajectories in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study which include four waves of data collection starting when a child was born and ending about eight years later. Outcomes included annual weeks worked and employment status (employed vs. unemployed). There was a significant effect of intimate partner violence on weeks worked and employment status at the second wave of data collection, indicating that mothers were most likely to experience employment instability when they had a three-year-old child. Results also showed that intimate partner violence survivors were still experiencing unemployment six years after abuse occurred. Workplaces and policymakers should protect mothers with young children experiencing intimate partner violence by extending time off from work and connection to community resources.

美国的亲密伴侣暴力与就业不稳定密切相关。本研究使用潜在增长曲线模型，调查了脆弱家庭和儿童福祉研究中亲密伴侣暴力对母亲 (N=4897) 就业结果轨迹的影响，其中包括从孩子出生时开始的四波数据收集和大约八年后结束。结果包括年度工作周数和就业状况（就业与失业）。在第二波数据收集中，亲密伴侣暴力对工作周数和就业状况有显着影响，表明母亲在生育三岁孩子时最有可能遇到就业不稳定。结果还表明，亲密伴侣暴力幸存者在虐待发生六年后仍处于失业状态。工作场所和政策制定者应通过延长休假时间和与社区资源的联系来保护有遭受亲密伴侣暴力的幼儿的母亲。