NCJ Number
88153
Journal
Journal of Marriage and the Family Dated: (August 1982) Pages: 755-762
Date Published
1982
Length
8 pages
Annotation
A mail survey of 2,000 Texas residents revealed that 35 percent of the 1,300 respondents favored a law in which a wife could accuse her husband of rape.
Abstract
Subsequent analysis indicated that female, young, single, or educated persons were the most likely to favor this law when zero-order tests of significance were used. In a stepwise regression analysis, females, younger persons, and whites were the most likely to favor the law. Each of these groups was seen as having more modern attitudes towards sex roles. As there is a current trend towards altering immunity statutes for marital rape, monitoring public opinion concerning this issue is recommended. A few footnotes and tables along with over 40 references are supplied. (Author abstract modified)