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Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women in South Carolina, 1998
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2000)
  • Ann L. Coker, University of South Carolina - Columbia
  • Christina Derrick
  • Julia L. Lumpkin
  • Robert Oldendick, University of South Carolina - Columbia
  • R H Potter
Abstract
Few studies provide population-based estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV) for men and women, especially at the state level. IPV may result in adverse health effects for victims and perpetrators (1-3). To estimate the lifetime incidence of IPV by type of violence (e.g., physical, sexual, and perceived emotional abuse) and to explore demographic correlates of reporting IPV among men and women, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the University of South Carolina conducted a population-based random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adults in the state. This report summarizes the results of the survey, which indicated that approximately 25% of women and 13% of men have experienced some type of IPV during their lifetime. Although women were significantly more likely to report physical and sexual IPV, men were as likely as women to report emotional abuse without concurrent physical or sexual IPV.
Keywords
  • Adult,
  • Female,
  • Humans,
  • Male,
  • Middle Aged,
  • South Carolina,
  • Spouse Abuse
Publication Date
2000
Citation Information
Ann L. Coker, Christina Derrick, Julia L. Lumpkin, Robert Oldendick, et al.. "Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women in South Carolina, 1998" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 49 Iss. 30 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anncoker/96/