Community Assessment and Health Promotion
1998 Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey, Results by Demographic Characteristics, Nashville/Davidson County

Violence
Q79. During the past 4 weeks, how often have problems in your household led to insulting, swearing, threatening, yelling, hitting, or pushing?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
NONE OF THE TIME	89%	84%	84%	93%	98%	90%	88%	88%	89%	90%	95%	80%	78%	77%
A LITTLE OF THE TIME	7%	10%	10%	5%	2%	7%	7%	8%	6%	7%	3%	12%	13%	12%
SOME OF THE TIME	3%	2%	4%	2%		2%	4%	3%	4%	2%	1%	5%	8%	8%
MOST OF THE TIME	1%	2%	1%	1%		1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%
ALL OF THE TIME		2%										1%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
NONE OF THE TIME	89%	88%	86%	88%	87%	90%	90%	88%	89%	89%	89%		88%
A LITTLE OF THE TIME	7%	8%	4%	7%	8%	7%	4%	6%	7%	8%	7%		5%
SOME OF THE TIME	3%	3%	6%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%		4%
MOST OF THE TIME	1%	1%	4%	3%	1%		2%	2%	1%		1%		2%
ALL OF THE TIME				1%			1%	1%					1%
Q80. Within the past year, have you been emotionally or physically abused by your partner or someone important in your life?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
YES	5%	14%	7%	3%		5%	6%	3%	11%	8%	1%	7%	6%	7%
NO	95%	86%	93%	97%	100%	95%	94%	97%	89%	92%	99%	93%	94%	93%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
YES	5%	5%	5%	6%	7%	5%	11%	9%	5%	4%	5%		7%
NO	95%	95%	95%	94%	93%	95%	89%	91%	95%	96%	95%		93%
Q81. How many times? (asked of those who acknowledged abusing their partner - n=167 respondents)
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
1 TIME	23%	38%	20%	11%	55%	33%	17%	18%	8%	42%	52%	17%	26%	22%
2 TIMES	14%	11%	15%	14%		16%	12%	18%	10%	12%	21%	12%	10%	7%
3 TIMES	15%	5%	13%	28%		14%	15%	15%	23%	7%		19%	14%	19%
4-5 TIMES	19%	29%	18%	11%	45%	19%	19%	15%	26%	16%		20%	15%	12%
6-10 TIMES	15%	8%	15%	25%		8%	20%	26%	12%	7%		23%	16%	25%
11-20 TIMES	6%	4%	5%	8%		4%	7%	5%	8%	4%	26%	3%	3%	4%
21 + TIMES	9%	5%	13%	4%		7%	11%	4%	13%	11%		6%	17%	10%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
1 TIME	18%	42%	48%	19%	21%	26%	13%	22%	28%	29%	26%		11%
2 TIMES	14%	9%		32%	8%	14%		13%	15%	22%	14%		14%
3 TIMES	16%	6%	52%	8%	24%	9%	17%	8%	18%	14%	14%		18%
4-5 TIMES	21%	14%		8%	21%	20%	34%	18%	16%	10%	19%		16%
6-10 TIMES	16%	14%		11%	8%	21%	21%	19%	6%	21%	14%		19%
11-20 TIMES	7%	3%		11%	8%	3%	8%	5%	10%		5%		11%
21 + TIMES	9%	12%		11%	11%	8%	8%	16%	7%	4%	9%		11%
Q82. Within the last year, have you been hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt by someone?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
YES	3%	12%	4%	2%		4%	3%	2%	6%	6%		5%	6%	6%
NO	97%	88%	96%	98%	100%	96%	97%	98%	94%	94%	100%	95%	94%	94%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
YES	3%	4%	2%	5%	5%	2%	7%	4%	4%	1%	3%		3%
NO	97%	96%	98%	95%	95%	98%	93%	96%	96%	99%	97%		97%
Q83. How many times? (asked of those who acknowledged being physically hurt by someone - n=98 respondents)
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
1 TIME	38%	37%	46%	21%		34%	43%	30%	26%	53%		46%	40%	42%
2 TIMES	22%	19%	19%	34%	54%	25%	17%	31%	21%	16%		13%	23%	22%
3-4 TIMES	21%	31%	16%	25%	46%	18%	26%	22%	25%	17%	100%	28%	19%	22%
5 + TIMES	19%	14%	18%	19%		23%	13%	17%	28%	14%		13%	18%	14%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
1 TIME	40%	30%	62%	46%	25%	48%	11%	43%	34%	19%	41%		16%
2 TIMES	18%	32%			27%	25%	24%	21%	25%	37%	23%		12%
3-4 TIMES	23%	19%		30%	30%	10%	26%	24%	27%	16%	20%		29%
5 + TIMES	19%	19%	38%	24%	19%	17%	39%	12%	14%	27%	16%		44%
Q84. Within the last year, has anyone forced you to have intercourse or engage in sexual activities you did not want to do?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
YES	1%	1%	1%			1%	1%		1%	2%		1%	2%	1%
NO	99%	99%	99%	100%	100%	99%	99%	100%	99%	98%	100%	99%	98%	99%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
YES		2%	1%	1%	1%		1%	1%	1%				1%
NO	100%	98%	99%	99%	99%	100%	99%	99%	99%	100%	100%		99%
Q85. How many times? (asked of those who acknowledged being forced to engage in sexual activities - n=20 respondents)
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
1 TIME	37%	47%	34%	40%		19%	51%		35%	55%		37%	45%	42%
2 TIMES	17%	53%	11%			17%	16%	16%		19%	100%	34%	5%	16%
3-4 TIMES	14%		7%	60%			25%	40%	2%	8%		2%	1%	42%
6 OR MORE TIMES	32%		48%			64%	8%	44%	63%	18%		27%	49%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
1 TIME	47%	33%		38%	44%	33%		31%	44%	11%	49%		8%
2 TIMES	5%	20%	100%	27%	10%	16%		46%	23%		5%		47%
3-4 TIMES	20%	10%		2%	1%	29%	100%	2%		89%	12%		19%
6 OR MORE TIMES	28%	38%		33%	45%	22%		21%	33%		34%		26%
Q86. Are you afraid of your partner or anyone else?
		Age				Sex		Marital Status				Children < 18
Response	Total	18-25	25-44	45-64	65+	M	F	Marrd	DV/SP	Singl	Widow	<5yrs	5-12	13-17
YES	2%	2%	2%	1%		1%	2%	1%	4%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%
NO	98%	98%	98%	99%	100%	99%	98%	99%	96%	99%	99%	97%	98%	99%
	Race			Education			Income				Health Status
Response	W	B	O	<HS	HS	>HS	<10K	10-24	25-49	50K+	Ex, Vgood, Good		Fair & Poor
YES	2%	1%		3%	2%	1%	4%	3%	1%	1%	1%		5%
NO	98%	99%	100%	97%	98%	99%	96%	97%	99%	99%	99%		95%

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