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Description & Citation--Study No. 7733 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 7733 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07733 |
| Title: | Physical Violence in American Families, 1976 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Murray A. Straus |
| Richard J. Gelles | |
| Funding Agency: | United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institute for Mental Health. |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Straus, Murray A., and Richard J. Gelles. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN FAMILIES, 1976 [Computer file]. Conducted by Murray A. Straus, University of New Hampshire, and Richard J. Gelles, University of Rhode Island. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR07733 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | For this study, a nationwide sample of 960 males and 1,183 females were interviewed to examine methods of conflict resolution within the family. Information was gathered regarding the following areas: resolution of conflicts between spouses and between parents and children, including detailed information on the development of conflicts resulting in violence, resolution of conflicts in the respondent's childhood family, family power structure, marital closeness and stability, personality, and stress factors. |
| Subject Term(s): | family, marriage, violence, physical violence |
| Time Period: | 1976 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1976 |
| Universe: | Families in the United States in 1976. |
| Data Type: | survey data |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | National probability sample. |
| Data Source: | personal interviews |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 1984-03-18 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2005-11-04. |
| 2005-11-04 - On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions. | |
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