Oklahoma women “at risk”

Abstract

In the autumn of 2002, the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc., requested that the University of Oklahoma's Center for Economic and Management Research prepare a needs assessment study examining the statistical dimensions of women "at risk" in Oklahoma. By "at risk" is meant some condition or setting which, if improved through the provision of assistance or the creation of an improved environment, would result in a more desirable life situation for women. The study was undertaken prior to the creation of a new Women's Foundation of Oklahoma, which was formed in the summer of 2003 as an endowed fund within the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc.