1. Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Eastern Europe: Selected Findings From Reproductive Health (RH) Surveys Florina Serbanescu, MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health

2. CDC-Assisted RH Surveys: Modules on Violence Against Women l Latin America l Paraguay 1995, 1998 l Ecuador 1999 l Honduras 2001 l Guatemala 2002** l El Salvador 2003 l Africa l Mozambique 2001 l Eastern Europe/NIS l Moldova 1997 l Russia 1999 (3 urban areas) l Romania 1999** l Ukraine 1999 l Georgia 2000 l Azerbaijan 2001 l Albania 2002** ** Includes male sample.

3. Violence Indicators l Witnessing parental abuse l Experience of abuse as a child l Verbal and physical abuse by husband or partner (lifetime and during the past 12 months) l Physical injuries from abuse l Reporting of abuse l Forced sex (ever and by age at first occurrence) l Gender roles and attitudes l Perpetrating verbal and physical abuse (men)

4. Question Design l Modified Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS): asks about specific acts ranging from insulted you to kicked you, choked you, beat you up l Placed toward end of questionnaire l Questions asked of all women ever in formal or consensual union (no gateway questions)

5. Lifetime and Recent (Within Past 12 Months) Intimate Partner Violence Percent of women ages 15-44 ever in union

6. Witnessed or Experienced Parental Physical Abuse During Childhood Percent of women ages 15-44

7. Recent IPV by Witnessing or Experiencing Parental Physical Abuse During Childhood, Romania 1999

8. Abortion Experience and Unmet Need of Contraception by Experience of Intimate Partner Physical Violence, Romania 1999

9. Reported Lifetime and Recent IPV Among Women and Men, Romania 1999 Lifetime Abuse Within the Past Year Women ages 15-44 (received) Men ages 15-49 (inflicted)

10. Analysis/Use of Collected Data l Routine reports from the data sets l Special uses: è Legislation related to violence against women has cited survey data è Tracking of data requests

11. Challenges for the Future l Strengthen continuity between design and analysis phases of survey Analytic plan development simultaneous with survey questionnaire development Identification of data users prior to data collection l Enhanced tracking of requests for and use of existing data

12. Challenges for the Future l Increase awareness of availability of data è Special topics can get buried è Generate interest in more specialized analysis of available data l Increase use of data to document and project need for support services and interventions for abused women