Citation

Yoshihama M, Gillespie BW. J. Fam. Violence 2002; 17(3): 199-221.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

1016001211182

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This methodological paper presents the utility of survival analysis methods to provide age adjustment in the analysis of domestic violence data. These methods improve the estimation of lifetime probability of domestic violence, improve identification of patterns of first victimization over the lifespan, and provide methods of testing risk factors for first victimization while adjusting for the respondents' age. Most importantly, these methods allow a new investigation of recall bias. Results suggest that lifetime probability of abuse may have been substantially underestimated in previous studies because of problems in recall/disclosure encountered by middle-aged women.