Home Safety Project, 1987-1992 : [Shelby County, Tennessee, King County, Washington, Cuyahoga County, Ohio] Arthur L. Kellerman, Frederick P. Rivara, Norman B. Rushforth, Bela B. Hackman.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Kellerman, Arthur L.

Rivara, Frederick P.

Rushforth, Norman B.

Hackman, Bela B., 1952-

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6898.

ICPSR ; 6898

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR Version, 2006-03-30.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The Home Safety Project was a population-based case control study of homicide in the home with control households matched to cases by victim age range, race, gender, and neighborhood (a proxy for socioeconomic status). The study was conducted in the following locations: Shelby County, Tennessee (August 23, 1987-August 23, 1992), King County, Washington (August 23, 1987-August 23, 1992), and Cuyahoga County, Ohio (January 1, 1990-August 23, 1992). The purpose of the data collection was to study risk and protective factors for homicide in the home and to identify individual and household factors associated with homicide (both behavioral and environmental). Respondents were asked a series of questions related to alcohol consumption, such as whether drinking ever created problems between household members, whether any household members had had trouble at work because of drinking, whether any physical fights or other violence had occurred in the home or outside the home due to drinking, and whether any injuries or hospital stays had resulted from drinking/fighting episodes. Additional queries covered whether any adult in the household had ever been arrested for any reason, whether anyone in the household used illicit drugs, and, if so, which ones. Questions on home safety features included whether the home had a burglar alarm, bars on the windows, exterior door deadbolt, security door, dogs, and any restricted access to the residence. Items on gun ownership covered whether there were any guns in the home and, if so, what type. Information also was elicited on the homicide that had taken place in the home, including whether the suspect was intimate with the victim, whether there was evidence of forced entry or entry without consent, whether the victim attempted to resist, and the respondent's assumption of the method of death as well as the medical examiner's determination.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06898

Contents:

Part 1: Homicide Data; Part 2: Reduced Homicide Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Start: 1987; and end: 1992.

OCLC:

61158317

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Restricted for use by site license.