Estimating the number of American children living in partner-violent families.
The number of American children living in partner-violent households was estimated from a nationally representative sample of 1,615 dual-parent households. Approximately 15.5 million American children were estimated to live in families in which partner violence had occurred at least once in the previous year, with 7 million estimated to live in families in which severe partner violence had occurred. The prevalence of partner violence was higher among couples with children than among couples without children.
McDonald
Renee
R
Department of Psychology.
Jouriles
Ernest N
EN
Department of Psychology.
Ramisetty-Mikler
Suhasini
S
School of Public Health.
Caetano
Raul
R
School of Public Health.
Green
Charles E
CE
Department of Psychology.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology