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On December 14th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the initial findings of the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS). The full 124-page report is available here.

This large-scale, ongoing study is based on a nationally- representative telephone survey that collects detailed information on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization of adult women and men in the United States. The survey collects data on past-year experiences of violence as well as lifetime experiences of violence. The 2010 survey is the first year of the survey and provides baseline data that will be used to track trends in sexual violence, stalking and intimate partner violence.

According to the study: Nearly 1 in 5 women have been the victim of rape or attempted rape i! n their lifetime. Nearly 1 in 2 women have experienced other forms of sexual violence. 1.3 million women have been raped in the United States in the last 12 months. 1 in 5 men have experienced a form of sexual violence other than rape in their lifetime.

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