
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 20, 1993                   TAG: 9304200336
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY: 14% OF WOMEN ARE BATTERED AT HOME

Fourteen percent of American women say they have been battered by husbands or boyfriends, according to a survey released Monday that found a "pervasive amount of violence in private relationships."

Based on telephone interviews with 1,900 Americans 18 and older, the survey found that 34 percent of Americans say they have witnessed an episode of domestic violence. - Associated Press

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