Michael N. DeMersMichael N. DeMersMartha RodittiMartha Roditti

Madeline GilletteMadeline GilletteZach EdwardsZach Edwards

Spatio-temporal Spatio-temporal Dimensions of Rural Family Dimensions of Rural Family

ViolenceViolence

Initial Observations from Doña Ana County New Mexico

What’s Special About Domestic

Violence?

What’s Special About Domestic

Violence?

Spatial

Demographic Factors

Relationship Factors

Personal Factors

Family Factors

Community Factors

GOALS

1.Identify hot spots of family violence

2.Identify temporal trends in family violence

3.Identify correlates for family violence from Census Data

4.Perform OLS Regression based on best correlates

STUDY AREA

Tabulate & Graph

Factor Selection

•Correlates for Family Violence (2000 US Census)

• (FHH_CHILD) **

• (MARHH_CHD) **

• (MHH_CHILD)

• (HSEHLD) **

• (RENTER_OCC)

Regression Modeling

RESULTS

RURAL ONLY

RURAL & URBAN

Issues?

•Socio-economic variables not collected by Census Bureau

•Modifiable Area Unit Problem

•Inclusion or exclusion of urban data

•skews hot spots and regression

•affects amount of data collected

•Temporal data – especially socio-economic

And Another Major Issue

Thank YouThank You

Questions?Questions?

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