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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Vicky Shaw

31% of teenage girls aged 16 to 18 ‘have recently experienced economic abuse’

Economic abuse involves the control of a partner or ex-partner’s finances (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

About one in three (36%) girls and young women aged 16 to 24 experienced economic abuse from a current or former partner at some point during the 12 months to March, research for a charity indicates.

Half (50%) of those who had experienced it reported a negative impact on their mental health, such as depression or panic attacks, Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) said.

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