Table 2.
Prevalence of intimate partner violence in study sample.
| Characteristics | Gay (n = 286) | Bisexual (n = 263) | Total (N = 549) | Test statistic (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| During the past 12 months, did your boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner ever hit, slap, or physically hurt you on purpose? (Physical IPV) | 34 (11.9) | 56 (21.3) | 90 (16.4) | 8.17 (0.004**) |
| Have you ever been forced to have sexual intercourse when you did not want to? (Non-physical coercion) | 52 (18.2) | 68 (25.9) | 120 (21.9) | 4.28 (0.04*) |
| During the past 12 months, how many times did anyone force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do (Count such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse)? (Sexual IPV)a | 43 (15.0) | 79 (30.0) | 122 (22.2) | 16.99 (<0.001***) |
*p-value < 0.05; **p-value < 0.01; ***p-value < 0.001.
aItem was dichotomized into a binary outcome.
Chi-square (χ2) were used to compare differences across categorical and continuous variables between gay and bisexual men, respectively.