The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Physical Violence in American Families, 1985

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Principal Investigator(s): Gelles, Richard J.; Straus, Murray A.

Summary: Data were collected in this follow-up survey to compare estimates of the incidence of intrafamily physical violence with estimates obtained in an earlier survey, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN FAMILIES, 1976 (ICPSR 7733). The main component of this survey design was a national cross-sectional survey of adults in the United States who either (1) were currently married or living together, (2) were single parents with children under 18 in the household, or (3) had been married or had l... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09211.v3

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