Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence and Forced Sex in South Carolina

Authors

Ann L. Coker, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Christina Derrick, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Julia L. Lumpkin, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Timothy E. Aldrich, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Robert Oldendick, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Abstract

Purpose: In this population-based, random-digit-dial, cross-sectional survey, we assessed the lifetime victimization of intimate partner violence (IPV) and forced or coerced sex among 556 women and men in South Carolina, and the help-seeking behaviors of victims.

Results: Among women, 25.3% experienced IPV (sexual, physical, or emotional violence) compared with 13.2% of men. Although women were significantly more likely to report physical or sexual IPV (17.8%) than were men (4.9%), men (8.3%) were as likely as women (7.4%) to report perceived emotional abuse without physical or sexual IPV. One half of men and women with annual incomes

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2000

Notes/Citation Information

Published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, v. 19, no. 4, p. 316-320.

Dr. Ann Coker had not been a faculty member of the University of Kentucky at the time of publication.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0749-3797(00)00239-7

Repository Citation

Coker, Ann L.; Derrick, Christina; Lumpkin, Julia L.; Aldrich, Timothy E.; and Oldendick, Robert, "Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence and Forced Sex in South Carolina" (2000). CRVAW Faculty Journal Articles. 230.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/crvaw_facpub/230