Reports and Publications

Summary reports from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey present data on the national prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking among women and men in the United States. The ongoing NISVS survey provides data that will be used to track IPV, SV, and stalking trends over time.

Summary Reports

• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2015 Data Brief pdf icon[1 MB, 32 Pages, 508]
  This brief report presents the highlights from the 2015 data year of NISVS. Data tables are presented at the end of the report.

• • NISVS Data Brief Webpage

• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey— State Report pdf icon[4.33 MB, 272 Pages, 508]
  Published in 2017, this report uses the NISVS data from 2010-2012 to produce national and state victimization estimates for intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking.

• Prevalence and Characteristics of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization— National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011 pdf icon[710 KB, 24 Pages, 508]
  Published in 2014, this report describes the most recent data on the public health burden of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization and the characteristics of victimization. Data in this report summarizes the second year of data collection from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey—2010 Summary Report pdf icon[4.2 MB, 124 Pages, 508]
  Published in 2011, the NISVS 2010 Summary Report presents data on the national prevalence of IPV, SV, and stalking among women and men in the United States. The 2010 survey is the first year of the survey and provides baseline data that will be used to track IPV, SV, and stalking trends.

• • Executive Summary: English pdf icon[749 KB, 8 Pages, 508]
  • Executive Summary: Spanish pdf icon[741 KB, 8 Pages, 508]
  • Order hard copies

Special Reports

Special reports provide additional methodological information or in-depth analyses on a specific topic set to help readers understand and interpret provisional NISVS data.

• The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence: A 2015 NISVS Research-in-Briefpdf icon
  The findings in this report offer information about specific intimate partner violence-related impacts, describing the wide range of experiences associated with victimization.

• 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientationpdf icon
  The Sexual Orientation Report highlights the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking by sexual orientation for women and men in the United States, using 2010 NISVS data.

• 2010 Report on Intimate Partner Violencepdf icon
  The Intimate Partner Violence in the United States–2010 report presents detailed information from the NISVS pertaining to the public health burden of IPV in the United States, including an in-depth look at the scope of IPV and its far-ranging consequences.

Fact Sheets

Below are easy-to-read fact sheets highlighting key findings from National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) and frequently asked questions highlighting what everyone should know about intimate partner violence, sexual violence and stalking.

• NISVS Overview Fact Sheet pdf icon[956 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This fact sheet describes how the NISVS gathers timely and reliable data on sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence victimization in the United States. It also provides information on how this data can be helpful to your work.
• NISVS State Report Fact Sheet pdf icon[160 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This factsheet describes the findings from the 2010-2012 NISVS State Report published in 2017.
• National Data on Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence and Stalking Fact Sheet pdf icon[362 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This factsheet describes the key findings from the NISVS report.
• Sexual Violence in Youth Fact Sheet pdf icon[387 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This factsheet describes the key findings about sexual violence in youth from the 2012 NISVS Report.
• Victimization by Sexual Orientation Fact Sheet pdf icon[969 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This factsheet describes the 2010 key findings on victimization by sexual orientation.
• Overview of Intimate Partner Violence Key Findings Fact Sheet pdf icon[344 KB, 2 Pages, 508]
  This factsheet describes the 2010 key findings on intimate partner violence.

Journal Articles

This is a list of journal articles that used NISVS data published within the last 5 years.

• Basile KC, Smith SG, Chen J, Zwald M. (2020). Chronic Diseases, Health Conditions, and Other Impacts Associated with Rape Victimization of U.S. Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519900335external icon
• Basile KC, D’Inverno AS, Wang J. (2020). National prevalence of sexual violence by a workplace-related perpetrator. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(2), 216-223. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.09.011external icon
• Basile KC, Miller L, Smith SG, Liu Y, Kresnow M, Gilbert L. (2019). Prevalence of Intimate Partner Reproductive Coercion in the U.S.: Racial and Ethnic Differences. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519888205external icon
• Peterson C, Liu Y, Merrick M, Basile KC, Simon TR. (2019). Lifetime number of perpetrators and victim-offender relationship status per U.S. victim of intimate partner, sexual violence, or stalking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518824648external icon
• Basile KC, Smith SG, Liu Y, Kresnow MJ, Fasula AM, Gilbert L, & Chen J. (2018). Rape-related pregnancy and association with reproductive coercion in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 55(6), 770-776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.07.028external icon
• Merrick MT, Basile KC, Zhang X, Smith SG, Kresnow M. (2018). Characterizing sexual violence victimization in youth: 2012 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 54(4), 596-599. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2018.01.014external icon
• Breiding MJ, Basile KC, Klevens J, & Smith SG. (2017). Economic insecurity and intimate partner and sexual violence victimization. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(4), 457-464. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.021external icon
• Basile KC, Breiding MJ, & Smith SG. (2016). Disability and risk of recent sexual violence in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 106(5), 928-933. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004external icon

Other NISVS Materials

Webpages

• Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking Among Men
  CDC’s webpage that provides information about violence victimization among men.

• Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Among People with Disabilities
  CDC’s webpage that provides information about violence victimization among people with disabilities.
• Preventing Stalking
  CDC’s webpage that provides information about stalking.
• Understanding Pregnancy Resulting from Rape in the United States
  CDC’s webpage that provides information about rape-related pregnancy.

Brochure

• NISVS Overview Brochure pdf icon[765 KB, 4 Pages, 508]
  A brochure that provides a short overview of NISVS

National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) Data Access

NISVS data from 2010external icon, 2011external icon, 2012external icon, and 2015external icon are archived in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data at ICPSRexternal icon and are available at no cost. On that site, you will find the respective codebooks, survey instruments, and related data documentation. There is also a list of data-related publications. The raw data are in a restricted-access database, which has specific requirements for obtaining them.