The WSHE Newsletter Resources Facts Domestic violence is the single greatest cause of injury to women, surpassing rapes, robbery, and automobile accidents combined. Each day in the United States, four women are murdered by a relative or partner. Domestic violence is the cause of homelessness for 90 percent of homeless mo thers and children. In Massachusetts, women and children make up 75 percent of the homeless population. Massachusetts has 32 shelters for battered women, too few to help all the wo men and children in need.
Homelessness is again on the increase in Massachusetts.