Results from a Cognitive Interview Evaluation of Select Topics and Questions for the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Willson, Stephanie ; Ryan,Valerie
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) ; Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research
• Description:
  The staff of the National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research (CCQDER) conducted a cognitive interview study in preparation for a re-design of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)1. NISVS is a periodic survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) that collects national and sub-national information on intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking victimization.
  
  Following the 2015 iteration of the NISVS, NCIPC modified the 2016-2018 questionnaire in an effort to reduce respondent burden. Internal review of the changes revealed disparate estimates for variables of interest as compared to the 2015 iteration of the survey. NCIPC staff determined that one potential cause of the differences in estimates was measurement error due to questionnaire framing and a change in the number of perpetrators captured on the questionnaire. In order to investigate these potential sources of error, NCIPC collaborated with NCHS to conduct a systematic questionnaire evaluation focused on these two areas.
  
  The evaluation took a two-pronged approach. The first part was a quantitative evaluation which involved the administration of a short, methodological survey on a commercial survey panel as part of NCHS’ Research and Development Survey (RANDS) series. The second part of the evaluation was qualitative. CCQDER conducted cognitive interviews to evaluate the modified 2016-2018 questionnaire. Part of the cognitive testing component also included demographic questions on gender identity that are being considered for NISVS and federal surveys in general. This report focuses on the cognitive interview evaluation of question topics that relate specifically to intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking victimization.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Data Collection / Methods Domestic Violence Health Surveys Interpersonal Relations Intimate Partner Violence Intimate Partner Violence / Statistics & Numerical Data Sex Offenses Sexual Partners Spouse Abuse / Prevention & Control Stalking
• Keywords:
  NISVS
• Source:
  National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)
• Series:
  Q-Bank - Question Evaluation Reports
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Division:
  Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research
• Topic:
  Injury, Violence, & Safety
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  27 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150779/cdc_150779_DS1.pdf
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