Intimate Partner Violence Against Ahtna (Alaska Native) Women in the Copper River Basin

This study examined the frequency, severity, and consequences of intimate partner violence against an availability sample of Athabaskan women (n=91) residing in the interior of Alaska. Data about victimization experiences as well as cultural involvement, residential mobility, living arrangements, social cohesion, alcohol use, and post-traumatic stress were gathered through interviews. Slightly less than two-thirds of respondents (63.7%) reported intimate partner violence victimization at some point in their lifetime. Nearly one out of five women surveyed (17.6%) reported that they had been physically assaulted by an intimate partner in the most recent 12 months. Intimate partner victimization was more prevalant and more frequent when compared to what has been reported by the National Violence Against Women Survey.National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice Grant No. 2000-WT-VX-0013Table of Contents / Table of Tables / Table of Figures / Abstract / Executive Summary / Acknowledgements / INTRODUCTION: The Setting; The Problem // METHODS: Collaboration and Cultural Sensitivity / Subject Recruitment / Subject Safety and the IRB / Survey Instrument // RESULTS: Prevalence and Incidence of Intimate Partner Violence / Comparison with Previous Estimates / Correlates and Risk Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence / Injury Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence / Victims' Involvement with the Justice System // CONCLUSIONS / REFERENCES / APPENDICES: Main Survey Instrument; Detailed Physical Assault Incident Repor