{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "The aim of this study was to examine the factors related to\r\ndifferent patterns of male violence against women. Employing both\r\nintra-individual and sociocultural perspectives, the project focused\r\non the relationship between violence against women and previously\r\nestablished risk factors for intimate partner violence including\r\nstressors related to work, economic status, and role transitions\r\n(e.g., pregnancy), as well as family power dynamics, status\r\ndiscrepancies, and alcohol use. The following research questions were\r\naddressed: (1) To what extent do Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic\r\nindividuals engage in physical violence with their partners? (2) How\r\nare socioeconomic stressors associated with violent relationships\r\namong Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic couples? (3) To what extent are\r\nchanges in patterns of physical violence against women associated with\r\ndifferent stages of a relationship (e.g., cohabitation, early\r\nmarriage, pregnancy, marriage)? (4) To what extent do culturally\r\nlinked attitudes about family structure (family power dynamics)\r\npredict violence among Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic couples? (5) To\r\nwhat extent do family strengths and support systems contribute to the\r\ncessation of violence among Caucasian, Black, and Hispanic couples?\r\n(6) What is the role of alcohol use in violent relationships among\r\nCaucasian, Black, and Hispanic couples? The data used for this project\r\ncame from the first and second waves of the National Survey of\r\nFamilies and Households (NSFH) conducted by the Center for Demography\r\nand Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison [NATIONAL SURVEY OF\r\nFAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS: WAVE I, 1987-1988, AND WAVE II, 1992-1994\r\n(ICPSR 6906)]. The NSFH was designed to cover a broad range of family\r\nstructures, processes, and relationships with a large enough sample to\r\npermit subgroup analysis. For the purposes of this study, the\r\nanalytical sample focused on only those couples who were cohabiting or\r\nmarried at the time of the first wave of the study and still with the\r\nsame person at the time of the second wave (N=3,584). Since the study\r\ndesign included oversamples of previously understudied groups (i.e.,\r\nBlacks, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans), racial and ethnic comparisons were\r\npossible. In both waves of the NSFH several identical questions were\r\nasked regarding marital conflicts. Both married and cohabiting\r\nrespondents were asked how often they used various tactics including\r\nheated arguments and hitting or throwing things at each other to\r\nresolve their conflicts. In addition, respondents were asked if any of\r\ntheir arguments became physical, how many of their fights resulted in\r\neither the respondent or their partner hitting, shoving, or throwing\r\nthings, and if any injuries resulted as a consequence of these\r\nfights. This data collection consists of the SPSS syntax used to\r\nrecode variables from the original NSFH dataset. In addition, new\r\nvariables, including both composite variables (e.g., self-esteem,\r\nhostility, depression) and husband and wife versions of the variables\r\n(using information from both respondent and partner), were\r\nconstructed. New variables were grouped into the following categories:\r\ndemographic, personality, alcohol and drug use, relationship stages,\r\ngender role attitudes, division of labor, fairness in household\r\nchores, social support, and isolation. Psychological well-being scales\r\nwere created to measure autonomy, positive relations with others,\r\npurpose in life, self-acceptance, environmental mastery, and personal\r\ngrowth. Additional scales were created to measure relationship\r\nconflict, sex role gender attitudes, personal mastery, alcohol use,\r\nand hostility. The Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale and the Center for\r\nEpidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) were also utilized.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03293.v1", "title": "Violence Against Women:  Developmental Antecedents Among Black, Caucasian, and Hispanic Women in the United States, 1987-1988 and 1992-1994"}], "identifier": "3651", "issued": "2001-11-29T00:00:00", "keyword": ["Hispanic or Latino Americans", "White Americans", "battered women", "crime prediction", "cultural attitudes", "cultural influences", "domestic violence", "families", "family relationships", "family structure", "family violence", "male offenders", "relationships", "risk assessment"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2002-05-14T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Violence Against Women:  Developmental Antecedents Among Black, Caucasian, and Hispanic Women in the United States, 1987-1988 and 1992-1994"}