Social Issues in the United States: Domestic Violence

1,253 adults interviewed online May 14-26, 2015
Field work conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs

Some questions from this survey have been held for later release.

1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?

Right direction 38
Wrong track 62

3c. How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today? Domestic Violence

Extensively / a lot 19
Quite a bit 27
A fair amount 20
Some 22
Not very much 7
Not at all 4

4c. How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today? Domestic Violence

Extensive / a lot 17
Quite a bit 21
A fair amount 25
Some 21
Not very much 12
Not at all 3

5c. Using the scale below, please indicate how important you think each of these social issues is in the United States today. Domestic Violence

Extremely important 38
Very important 34
Somewhat important 18
Slightly important 7
Not very important 1
Not at all important 1

7c. How widespread and common do you think each of these social issues is in the United States today? Domestic Violence

Extremely 29
Very 31
Somewhat 30
Slightly 8
Not very 1
Not at all 1

8c. Do you know anyone who has personally experienced …? Domestic Violence 

Yes 54
No 46

9c. How serious a problem do you think each of these social issues is for those experiencing it in the United States today? Domestic Violence 

Extremely serious 45
Very serious 29
Somewhat serious 19
Slightly serious 5
Not very serious 2
Not at all serious –

10c. To what extent do you think each of these social issues is already being adequately addressed in the United States today? Domestic Violence 

Addressed completely 7
Addressed to a very great extent 13
Addressed somewhat 35
Addressed slightly 21
Not addressed very well 19
Not at all addressed 5

11c. For each of the following social issues in the United States today, please indicate if you have or have not spent time being personally involved in trying to help. Domestic Violence 

Yes, have 23
No, have not 77

12c.  How interested are you in getting personally involved in working towards a solution to each of these social issues in the United States? Domestic Violence 

Extremely interested 16
Very interested 19
Somewhat interested 23
Slightly interested 19
Not very interested 12
Not at all interested 10

14. Please indicate whether each of the following is or is not domestic violence (questions were rotated):

Yes, it is No, it is not
a. Physical abuse 96 4
b. Verbal abuse 89 11
c. Emotional abuse 90 10
d. Sexual abuse 94 6