At Justice for Sisters in Islam, we decided to design a questionnaire for our own understanding of Domestic Violence and abuse in the Muslim community. The primary scope of this study was to understand the stereotypes that were common amongst the public in regards to the anti-sentimental feelings of Islam in correlation with domestic violence and abuse.
Furthermore, the design of this research was also intended to help us identify how prevalent abuse is in the Muslim community and the nature of any help that an abused victim would like available and accessible to them.
Design and Method
The design of this study was an independent groups design, where many variables including age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, marital status and religion were measured. The methodological means used was snowball and opportunity samples. Women approaching the website and trusting to utilise while seeking help but this included those who also wanted to share their experiences as Muslims.
Participants
Opportunity and snowball sampling techniques were used to obtain our participants. The questionnaires were distributed via electronic means as well as hardcopies for those who did not have access to the internet or preferred to have greater anonymity. Participants were drawn from the general population. Participants’ ages ranged between 18-55.
Furthermore, marital status was an important variable in this research analysis, so a greater emphasis was placed in determining trends and patterns from the data collected.
Questionnaire
These are questions surrounding domestic violence and abuse to cover the wider extent of different types of abuse and trauma suffered.
The questions relate to the following: Domestic violence, type of abuse and time period suffered. Have ever suffered any of the following?
If so, kindly provide brief details in the box:
