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Women are hit harder and more often by identity theft than are men, according to a recently released survey conducted by Javelin Strategy and Research, a leading provider of financial topics studies.

Among survey respondents, 28% of women said they are identity theft victims, compared to only 21% of men who said they’d been targeted by identity thieves.

Researchers believe the disparity can be attributed to women’s making the majority of purchasing decisions in a household.

Other survey findings:

• 79% of women said they worried more about ID theft than having their homes broken into or having their cars stolen. Only 71% of the men surveyed said they were concerned about identity theft.
• Once becoming an ID theft victim, women were more likely to change their behaviors to lessen the chance of being victimized again. For instance, 7% of women gave up online shopping after having their identities stolen, compared to only 2% of men.
• When it came to recovering from identity theft, 6% of women said they’d spent more than a year to resolve issues with police, credit card companies, banks and credit reporting agencies. Only 4% of men spent more than a year on identity theft resolution.
• More women than men pay for credit-monitoring service, shred documents and limit the number of personally identifying documents they take with them when they travel.

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