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Methods

Stop Abusive and Violent Environments commissioned a national telephone survey of American households. Conducted by Political Research of Centreville, VA, the surveys utilized a computer-activated interactive telephone technology with a pre-recorded human voice. The technology requires all questions be phrased so they can be answered with a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response.

Calls were placed to 9,876 landline telephones during the period October 27 – 28, 2014.  Over 600 persons participated in the telephone poll.

Sampling Frame

The sampling frame draws from voter registration records in 47 states and the District of Columbia. Voter-registration records are a relatively low-cost means to identify a broad community sample. However, voter records are not considered to be representative of the national population. Non-response biases may further affect the generalizability of the findings.

Questions

The survey consisted of a relatively small number of questions in order to maximize the response rate. On average, surveys took less than one minute to complete. Following are the survey questions:

1       Registered voter? – (YES, NO)

THIS IS POLITICAL RESEARCH CALLING WITH A SHORT SURVEY ABOUT A NEW LAW THAT MANDATES CONSENT BEFORE HAVING SEX. ARE YOU CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO VOTE?

Y:          1

N:          1

U:          1

DNU1:   15

2       Heard of CA Affirmative Consent law? – (YES, NO)

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, CALIFORNIA PASSED A NEW LAW CALLED ‘AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.’ SOME PERSONS ARE SAYING THIS LAW SHOULD BE PASSED IN OTHER STATES.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CALIFORNIA’S NEW ‘AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT’ LAW?

Y:          2

N:          2

U:          2

DNU1:   15

  1. Ongoing? – (YES, NO)

THE NEW CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES THAT PARTNERS’ CONSENT MUST BE ‘ongoing’ throughout THE sexual activity.

in other words, the partners must EXPRESS their agreement several times DURING the process of having sex.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT?

Y:          3

N:          3

U:          3

DNU1:   15

  1. Affirmative, conscious, and voluntary? – (YES, NO)

BEFORE THIS LAW WAS PASSED, A PARTNER ONLY NEEDED TO SAY ‘NO’ IF HE OR SHE DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE SEX.

UNDER THE NEW LAW, THE PARTNERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement” BEFORE engagING in any sexual activitIES.

DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT?

Y:          4

N:          4

U:          4

DNU1:   15

5       Government has legal authority? – (YES, NO)

THE NEW CALIFORNIA LAW MANDATES THE STEPS THAT PERSONS MUST FOLLOW IN ORDER TO GIVE CONSENT TO HAVE SEX.

DO YOU BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE HOW PARTNERS GIVE THEIR CONSENT TO HAVE SEX?

Y:          5

N:          5

U:          15

6       Republican? – (YES, NO)

IF YOU HAD TO LABEL YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS AS EITHER REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, OR INDEPENDENT, WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN?

 

Y:          6

N:          6

U:          6

DNU1:   15

7       Democrat? – (YES, NO)

WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT?

Y:          7

N:          7

U:          15

8       Male? – (YES, NO)

ARE YOU MALE?

Y:          8

N:          8

U:          15

  1. ARE YOU 40 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER?

Y:          9

N:          9

U:          15

Thank You, Goodbye