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Violence Against Women, Vol. 12, No. 9, 823-837 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206292672
© 2006 SAGE Publications

Physical and Sexual Assault of Women With Disabilities

Sandra L. Martin

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Neepa Ray

RHO Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Daniela Sotres-Alvarez

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Lawrence L. Kupper

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kathryn E. Moracco

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC

Pamela A. Dickens

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Donna Scandlin

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ziya Gizlice

State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, NC

North Carolina women were surveyed to examine whether women’s disability status was associated with their risk of being assaulted within the past year. Women’s violence experiences were classified into three groups: no violence, physical assault only (without sexual assault), and sexual assault (with or without physical assault). Multivariable analysis revealed that women with disabilities were not significantly more likely than women without disabilities to have experienced physical assault alone within the past year (odds ratio [OR] = 1.18, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 0.62 to 2.27); however, women with disabilities had more than 4 times the odds of experiencing sexual assault in the past year compared to women without disabilities (OR = 4.89, 95% CI = 2.21 to 10.83).

Key Words: disabilities • domestic violence • physical assault • rape • sexual assault


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