Table 2. Associations of Demographics and Past-Year IPV Experience and Use.
| Characteristic | Total patients, No. (%) (N = 155) | IPV experience | IPV use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, No. (%) | OR (95% CI) | Patients, No. (%) | OR (95% CI) | ||||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 52.45 (15.65) | 56.05 (16.57) | 48.71 (13.77) | 7.34 (2.51, 12.17)a | 55.80 (16.54) | 48.60 (13.68) | 7.20 (2.40, 12.00)a |
| Gender | |||||||
| Women | 31 (20.0) | 18 (22.8) | 13 (17.1) | 1 [Reference] | 17 (20.5) | 14 (19.4) | 1 [Reference] |
| Men | 124 (80.0) | 61 (77.2) | 63 (82.9) | 1.43 (0.65-3.17) | 66 (79.5) | 58 (80.6) | 1.07 (0.48-2.35) |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried | 93 (60.0) | 52 (65.8) | 41 (55.4) | 1 [Reference] | 55 (66.3) | 38 (54.3) | 1 [Reference] |
| Married | 60 (38.7) | 27 (34.2) | 33 (44.6) | 1.55 (0.81-2.98) | 28 (33.7) | 32 (45.7) | 1.65 (0.86-3.18) |
| Unknown | 2 (1.3) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Raceb | |||||||
| Black or African American | 20 (12.9) | 11 (15.1) | 9 (12.9) | 0.83 (0.32-2.15) | 10 (13.2) | 10 (14.9) | 1.16 (0.45-2.98) |
| White | 123 (79.4) | 62 (84.9) | 61 (87.1) | 1 [Reference] | 66 (86.8) | 57 (85.1) | 1 [Reference] |
| Other races | 2 (1.3) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Unknown | 10 (6.5) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Hispanic | 32 (20.6) | 20 (25.3) | 12 (15.8) | 0.55 (0.25-1.23) | 22 (26.5) | 10 (13.9) | 0.45 (0.20-1.02) |
| Non-Hispanic | 123 (79.4) | 59 (74.7) | 64 (84.2) | 1 [Reference] | 61 (73.5) | 62 (86.1) | 1 [Reference] |
| Housing status | |||||||
| Sufficiently housed | 117 (75.5) | 63 (79.7) | 54 (71.1) | 1 [Reference] | 67 (80.7) | 50 (69.4) | 1 [Reference] |
| Homeless or marginally housed | 38 (24.5) | 16 (20.3) | 22 (28.9) | 1.60 (0.77-3.36) | 16 (19.3) | 22 (30.6) | 1.84 (0.88-3.87) |
Abbreviations: IPV, intimate partner violence; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.
a
Expressed as mean difference (95% CI).
b
Statistical tests for race only included comparisons between Black or African American and White veterans due to small samples sizes of other groups. The other races category included those who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or those who selected more than 1 race.