dvcd-dv-claims-dataset

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1	Summary statistics from the Domestic Violence Claims Dataset (DVCD)						Repository:
2							http://acrosswalls.org/datasets/
3							Version: 1.0
4	trends in instances
5	years	news	law journals	Congress	courts		separate sheets provide DVCD records by communicative field
6	2006-2010	109	40	1	2		news articles are from a separate search (DVCD includes news instances only from 1996-2005)
7	2001-2005	110	75	24	2
8	1996-2000	188	129	46	17
9	1991-1995	380	96	87	2
10	1986-1990	44	1	13	0
11	peak-time comparison
12	1993-7	410	142	98	10
13	2006-10/1993-7	27%	28%	1%	20%
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18	Instances from 1996-2005
19			with debunking claims		with frightening comparators
20	field	total instances	instances	share	instances	share
21	Congress	70	0	0%	5	7%	tabulated from DVCD
22	courts	19	0	0%	6	32%	web is web documents from from structured searching early in 2006
23	law journals	204	3	1%	73	36%
24	news	128	14	11%	31	24%
25	web	201	22	11%	86	43%
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28	Variants of "domestic violence is the leading/largest/greatest cause of injury to women"
29		Instances published in Congressional documents, law journals, and newspapers
30	years	total	leading	largest	greatest
31	2011	20	19	0	1		see individual summary sheets
32	2010	23	21	0	2
33	2009	27	23	2	2
34	2008	23	15	8	0
35	2007	40	36	3	1
36	2006	37	30	5	2
37	2005	37	30	7	0
38	2004	39	26	8	5
39	2003	43	26	15	2
40	2002	28	25	3	0
41	2001	62	48	7	6
42	2000	61	49	5	5
43	1999	62	46	10	5
44	1998	58	42	13	3
45	1997	90	70	10	7
46	1996	92	69	19	1
47	1995	102	72	14	15
48	1994	188	153	26	9
49	1993	115	75	24	15
50	1992	87	64	18	5
51	1991	71	25	44	1
52	1990	33	12	18	3
53	1989	17	3	11	3
54	1988	5	0	2	3
55	1987	3	1	2	0
56	1986	0	0	0	0
57	1985	0	0	0	0
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59	ave 1998-7	46.7
60	ave 2008-11	23.25
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65	Domestic violence as cause of injuries to women
66	"leading cause" claim		"largest cause" claim
67	age specification	instances	age specification	instances
68	15-44	232	15-44	26			Based on all DVCD, all communication fields, years 1996-2005
69	15-54	6	18-35	1
70	18-35	1	women	183
71	18-49	2
72	18-55	1
73	19-44	2
74	women	243
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77		debunking instances: sex of author of article
78		female	male	not categorized	total	male share
79	law journals	2	1	0	3	33%	based on tabulation of sex-identifiable authors (first authors if multiple)
80	news	13	0	1	14	0%
81		non-debunking instances: sex of author of article
82	law journals	237	87	14	338	27%
83	news	44	27	43	114	38%