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| Domestic Violence Statistics |
Nearly one in three adult women experiences at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood. (American psychological Association, Violence and the Family Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family, 1196)
95% of victims of domestic violence are women (Violence Between Intimates, BJS, 1994)
One out of every four American women report that they have been physically abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. (Lieberman Research, Inc. Domestic Violence Advertising campaign Tracking Survey(Wave IV), prepared for the Advertising Council and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, July-October 1996)
Women are five times more likely to be assaulted by an intimate partner then by a stranger. (BJS/CDC, National Violence Against Women Survey, 1998)
All available data suggests that the rates of domestic violence in the lesbian,gay,transgender, and the bisexual communities are comparable to the rates of domestic violence against heterosexual women (25%). (Family Violence Prevention Fund, Responding to domestic Violence in Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, and Bisexual Communities, 1999)
Boyfriends and husbands, both current and former, commit more than 20,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace each year. (BJS Report on Workplace Violence, 1998)
80% of women who are stalked by former husbands are physically assaulted by that partner and 30% are sexually assaulted by that partner. (Center for Policy Research, Stalking in America, July 1997)
Hospital emergency department data show women are about 84% of those seeking hospital treatment for an intentional injury caused by an intimate assailant. (BJS Factbook, Violence by Intimates, March 1998)
75% of victims are harassed at work by their abuser. (National Resource Center on Domestic Violence)
25-50% of abused working women lose their jobs because of job performance problems related to abuse. (Family Violence Prevention Fund)
Fathers who batter mothers are twice as likely to seek sole physical custody of their children than non-violent fathers. (American Psychological Association, Violence and the Family: Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family 1996)
