Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics and Prevalence of Lifetime IPV Exposure for Men in the 2019 New Zealand Family Violence Study.
| Characteristic | Participants, No. (%) | IPV type, No. (weighted %) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Sexual | Psychological | Controlling behaviors | Economic abuse | Any lifetime | |||
| Severe | Any | |||||||
| All participants | 1355 | 171 (12.8) | 391 (29.4) | 28 (2.1) | 545 (39.9) | 262 (20.2) | 158 (11.5) | 682 (49.9) |
| Age group, y | ||||||||
| 16-29 | 153 (15.6) | 23 (13.5) | 49 (29.6) | 8 (4.3) | 60 (35.0) | 43 (27.6) | 11 (4.9) | 76 (46.9) |
| 30-49 | 477 (34.0) | 54 (11.8) | 139 (29.0) | 8 (1.6) | 210 (44.2) | 99 (21.7) | 59 (12.7) | 258 (53.5) |
| 50-69 | 507 (36.7) | 81 (16.4) | 165 (34.5) | 11 (2.1) | 230 (45.1) | 102 (20.2) | 71 (14.6) | 279 (54.9) |
| ≥70 | 216 (13.7) | 13 (5.3) | 37 (16.2) | 1 (0.5) | 43 (20.3) | 17 (7.6) | 17 (7.7) | 67 (30.4) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Asian | 194 (17.4) | 14 (7.9) | 36 (21.6) | 1 (0.7) | 52 (28.3) | 34 (20.9) | 12 (6.5) | 72 (37.4) |
| Māori | 118 (8.9) | 29 (23.0) | 48 (37.2) | 6 (4.7) | 60 (46.0) | 35 (27.0) | 30 (25.9) | 68 (53.4) |
| Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African | 21 (1.5) | 1 (8.0) | 3 (16.7) | NA | 7 (41.7) | 6 (32.0) | 2 (8.0) | 8 (44.0) |
| New Zealand European | 940 (64.5) | 117 (13.2) | 282 (31.0) | 20 (2.3) | 396 (42.6) | 167 (18.2) | 102 (11.0) | 490 (52.4) |
| Pacific peoples | 80 (7.7) | 10 (10.1) | 22 (27.9) | 1 (0.8) | 30 (37.2) | 20 (25.6) | 12 (11.6) | 44 (55.0) |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Primary and secondary | 578 (43.6) | 77 (13.6) | 162 (28.9) | 10 (1.8) | 217 (37.9) | 121 (20.9) | 72 (12.2) | 280 (48.9) |
| Tertiary | 774 (56.4) | 94 (12.3) | 229 (29.9) | 18 (2.3) | 328 (41.7) | 141 (19.8) | 86 (11.0) | 402 (50.9) |
| Food security status | ||||||||
| Secure | 1127 (82.6) | 126 (11.0) | 299 (26.9) | 18 (1.6) | 430 (37.8) | 195 (18.1) | 113 (10.0) | 542 (47.5) |
| Insecure | 219 (17.4) | 45 (21.9) | 90 (41.4) | 10 (4.6) | 113 (50.2) | 65 (29.8) | 44 (19.1) | 137 (61.8) |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Student | 50 (5.8) | 2 (7.2) | 10 (20.6) | NA | 17 (28.9) | 11 (24.7) | 2 (2.2) | 21 (42.3) |
| Unemployed or houseworka | 81 (6.7) | 23 (31.5) | 33 (46.7) | 6 (8.4) | 43 (53.3) | 30 (36.5) | 24 (29.0) | 55 (69.2) |
| Employed | 973 (71.7) | 124 (12.3) | 296 (30.5) | 21 (2.0) | 412 (42.0) | 193 (20.2) | 109 (11.0) | 510 (51.6) |
| Retired | 249 (15.9) | 22 (9.5) | 52 (21.1) | 1 (0.4) | 73 (29.9) | 28 (12.2) | 23 (10.4) | 96 (38.0) |
Abbreviations: IPV, intimate partner violence; NA, not applicable.
a
Categories were combined due to low numbers reported for housework.