@article{ref1,
title="Issues in estimating the prevalence of intimate partner violence: Assessing the impact of abuse status on participation bias",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2003",
author="Waltermaurer, Eve M. and Ortega, Christina A. and McNutt, Louise-Anne",
volume="18",
number="9",
pages="959-974",
abstract="This study examines the potential implications of household interviews on participation bias for estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV). Using a variety of scales, IPV prevalence for the 135 women interviewed in a street-intercept survey was compared with the IPV prevalence of a subsample of these women who reported willingness to participate in a household survey with their partner in another room or when their partner also would be interviewed. A potential self-selection bias showed an 8% to 13% deflated prevalence of moderate to highly abused women and a 8% to 11% inflated prevalence of nonabused women among this subsample who would willingly participate in a household survey. Understanding who is included in household surveys, and who is not, is essential to compute and interpret national prevalence estimates for IPV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260503255283",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260503255283"
}