TDH Booklet4 - Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Appendicies - B Survey Analyses
Assessment
The targeted groups for Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Stalking primary prevention
assessment activities varied among respondents. Survey respondents were asked about the groups
or target population they screened with regard to the three categories of VAW. About 75 percent of
the responding organizations or clinics reported that they screened people or groups to find out
whether they might be potential victims of violence, for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, but
only 45 percent screened for Stalking (see Table 6). About 70 percent of the respondents reported
that they screened women 18 yrs and older, 60 percent screened teen girls aged 13-17, while
about 40 percent screened men (18 years and older), teen boys (13-17 years) and children (12
and under) for potential victimization.
TABLE 6: Respondent percentages grouped by type of VAW service
and screening services
Percentage using these strategies
Sexual
Assault
Domestic
Violence
Stalking
Screen people to determine victims of VAW n = 319 Yes 76 76 45
Screen people to determine if people might act violently/ Yes 34 37 25
perpetrate VAW n = 317
The survey also addressed which type of respondent was likely to do the screenings to
determine possible victimization. Further analyses indicated that respondents from health care
settings, as compared to respondents from non-health care settings, were significantly (p