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