Summary
To assess intimate partner violence, the California Health Interview Survey in 2007 asked adults ages 18–65 a series of questions to identify persons who have experienced intimate partner violence at any time since turning age 18, the nature of violent incidents they have experienced, and whether or not they were victimized in the past year.
Findings: Nearly 1 in 6 adults in California, about 3.7 million persons, report experiencing physical intimate partner violence (IPV) as adults. More than one million Californians were forced to have sex by an intimate partner during adulthood and 17.2% of adults — nearly four million Californians — report being a victim of physical and/or sexual IPV as an adult. The brief also looks at patterns of reported IPV during adulthood by race ethnicity as well as gender and sexual orientation.
The research was supported by The Blue Shield Foundation of California.
