Humberto Charles-Leija, Gilberto Aboites and Ignacio Llamas

Charles-Leija and Aboites: Centro de Investigaciones Socioeconómicas(CISE),UniversidadAutónomadeCoahuila, Saltillo,México. Llamas:UniversidadAutónomadeMéxico– Iztapalapa, Iztapalapa, México.

This article has two purposes: first to investigate whether violence influences wellbeing; second to investigate whether the effect of violence is greaterfor womenthan for men.Theresultsshowthatthereisasignificant impact on the wellbeing of individuals when suffering violence from someone with whom they live, with women being more severely affected than men.

Articulo Violence in the Household and Happiness in Mexico