"1 in 4 youths abused, survey finds" 10/4/94 NYTimes

Children as Victims of Violence:  A National Survey

1. The title of the short newspaper article is rather alarming.  What is 
the deinition of abuse used in the survey?  Why do the investigators 
choose to use such a definition?

2.  The survey was conducted by phone interview of children.  How were the 
children included in the study?  What percentage of the children were not 
included in the survey either because the parent refused permission or 
the child refused to talk to the interviewer?

3.  What is the population of interest?  How do the children surveyed 
compare demographically to the population of interest?

4.  The assault rate reported in the article is 15.6%.  Find this rate in 
the report, and say what is it a report of.

5.  The results of this survey are compared to those of two other surveys 
in the report.  What surveys are they?  How do the assault rates differ 
from those reported by Finkelhor and Dziuba-Leatherman? Why might they 
differ?  Which numbers does the newspaper report? What assualt rate 
should be used in comparing this study's results with those of the 
National Youth Survey?

6.  In the report it is stated, that of all vicitimizations, "only 6% were 
reported to the police, the agency which collects crime statistics... 
Obviously the scope of victimization to children cannot be assessed well 
through police-based statistics."  Why might this percentage be so low?

7.  If you could add one sentence to the newspaper article, what would
it be?