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Violence Module


Questions and Risk Factors 2001 2002 2003
Q1: Looking back on your childhood, did you ever have injuries (such as bruises, cuts a black eye, broken bones) as a result of being spanked, hit, slapped, punched, shoved , kicked, or otherwise physically hurt by your parents, or guardians, their spouse, partner, boyfriend, or girlfriend?   2002-Q1 2003-Q1
Q2: As a child, did you ever see or hear one of you parents or guardians being hit, slapped, punched, shoved, kicked or otherwise physically hurt by their spouse or partner?   2002-Q2 2003-Q2
Q3: Were you ever forced to have sex before your eighteenth birthday?   2002-Q3 2003-Q3
Q4: Was the person who most recently forced you to have sex before your 18th birthday five or more years older than you?   2002-Q4 2003-Q4
Q5: What was your relationship to the last person who forced you to have sex before your 18th birthday?   2002-Q5 2003-Q5
Q6: Have you ever been threatened, coerced, or physically forced to engage in any unwanted sexual acts that did not result in intercourse or penetration?   2002-Q6 2003-Q6
Q7: Did this occur before or after your 18th birthday?   2002-Q7 2003-Q7
Q8: What was your relationship to the last person who threatened, coerced, or physically forced you to engage in unwanted sexual acts that did not result in intercourse or penetration?   2002-Q8 2003-Q8
Q9: Did you seek help from family following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q9 2003-Q9
Q10: Did you seek help from clergy following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q10 2003-Q10
Q11: Did you seek help from health care providers following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q11 2003-Q11
Q12: Did you seek help from the legal system following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q12 2003-Q12
Q13: Did you seek help from a counselor or mental health provider or rape hotline following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q13 2003-Q13
Q14: Did you seek help from a domestic violence shelter or domestic violence hotline following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q14 2003-Q14
Q15: Did you seek help from other sources besides family, clergy, health care provider, legal system, rape counselor, or domestic violence counselor following any experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q15 2003-Q15
Q16: Did you seek help from [nowhere] following and experience of unwanted sexual activity or forced sex?   2002-Q16 2003-Q16
R1: Risk for Exposure to Violence as a Child: Respondents Who Reported When a Child, Seeing or Hearing A Parent Being Physically Hurt By Partner   2002-R1 2003-R1

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