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Domestic violence often occurs outside of marital bonds, and so will go underreported in analysis which employs the NSFH data set.
In researching the NSFH, some shortcomings are revealed. The NSFH asks short series of questions based on outcome, which do not draw the respondent in to answer the questions in a thoughtful, and ultimately, honest fashion. NSFH questions appear in the middle of a lengthy interview, and respondents may be tired, or simply lose attention at that point. Additionally, the importance of domestic violence issues may be lower in the mind of the respondents than in those of the interviewers, so reports of domestic violence may be underrepresented. Moreover, the NSFH did not consider the extent that nonviolent argumentative tactics are used as means of intimidation.
In a study that is trying to determine whether economic variables are salient risk factors in increasing domestic violence on women, a fatal data set failing that underreports domestic violence at all, is hardly going to produce meaningful outcomes with real life data that can influence funding, policy, and societal norms.
A Better Design
To better assess whether economic factors influence domestic violence behavior against women, data should be gathered from sources which are more organic to the problem, which include information from Rape Crisis Centers, battered...
This is not to confuse "feminist" with "confrontationist." Rather, it is to elucidate the often buried reality of the incidence of domestic violence due to a bias toward nonfeminist rubrics of dominance in relationships.
A thoughtfully constructed survey questionnaire, with interview type questions, could be disseminated to the pro-feminist, women-centered institutions, such as those listed above (rape crisis centers, etc.). Interview type questions, should be in the beginning, and be in depth to allow for a period of desensitization by the respondent -- in other words, a period in which to feel comfortable and alleviate potential fear about the survey interview. Simple survey style questions with scales or 0, 1 variable answers could follow, with a conclusion of the offering of help by the administering agency. In this way, not only is a real-life data set, organic in nature, able to be obtained, a secondary purpose would be to both alleviate and empower the woman to seek help, which is ultimately the goal of policies that are written and funded to help overcome the issue of domestic violence. Economic indicators can be written into this type of study design, without the limiting factors of being confined to married couple-only interviews and poorly designed and administered questionnaires.
What is the annual cost to the nation of IPV against females? The Web site doesn't have updated numbers on that issue, but they report that for 1995, IPV against women cost around $5.8 billion - of which $4.1 billion was racked up in "the direct costs of medical and mental health care," and $1.8 billion was in the indirect costs of "lost productivity." The total number of women, collectively who
Domestic Violence Against Men Domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV) or battering refers to a behavioral pattern in which one partner abuses another in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, cohabitation or within a family setup. Domestic violence takes different forms, the most common being physical assault i.e. hitting, shoving, kicking, biting, slapping, shoving objects and general physical violence. It can also take the form of
Family Abuse on Children The widespread prevalence of family abuse has been increasingly the focus of media, societal, and scholarly attention. This research paper examines the effects of various forms of family abuse on the psychological development of children, and its long-term consequences for adult functioning. The scope of the paper includes research on the causes of family abuse and a discussion on the need for social interventions to minimize
Domestic Violence Applied research project Domestic violence is one of the most pervasive and little-understood crimes perpetuated today. The reasons that so many women remain in such abusive relationships and also why some women are finally capable of leaving violent households are little-understood, even though there is considerable statistical evidence that women suffering from domestic violence are under great risk of losing their lives to their abusive partners. This paper offers a
Gender and Domestic Violence Discussions of domestic violence almost always implicate modern gender norms because of the assumption that gender norms overtly and subtly promote the idea of violence against women. First, social roles about masculinity mean that, almost across cultures, it is the male role to protect and provide for the family, which includes an element of control over female family members. Next, there is the notion that some societies
Domestic violence is an ongoing experience of physical, psychological, and even sexual abuse in the home that is often a method used by one adult to establish control and power over another person (Flitcraft et al., 1992). Exposure by children to marital aggression is now a recognized public health concern. The investigation of the effects of the exposure to this type of aggression on the functioning of a child is