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. 2005 Jan;95(1):78–85. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.023978

TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics of Respondents (N = 600) and Partners and Their Association With Lifetime and Past Year Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) as Reported With Univariate Regression Analyses

Descriptive Statistics Lifetime IP V OR (95% CI) Past Year IP V OR (95% CI)
Respondents
    Age, y, mean (SD)a 31.3 (7.5) 0.99 (0.97, 1.01) 0.98 (0.96, 1.01)
    Education, y, mean (SD) 9.0 (3.5) 0.92* (0.88, 0.97) 0.91* (0.86, 0.96)
    Migration, n (%)
        Grew up urban/suburban, lives in urban/suburban area 310 (51.7) reference reference
        Grew up urban/suburban, lives in rural area 4 (0.7) 1.77 (0.25, 12.72) 4.44 (0.61, 32.18)
        Grew up rural, lives in urban/suburban area 202 (33.7) 1.77* (1.23, 2.53) 2.30* (1.53, 3.47)
        Grew up rural, lives in rural area 84 (14.0) 1.85* (1.14, 3.02) 2.22* (1.30, 3.80)
        Time in current region, y, mean (SD) 18.8 (14.8) 0.98* (0.97, 0.99) 0.98* (0.97, 1.00)
    Marital status, n (%)
        Single or widowedb 70 (11.7) reference reference
        Married 522 (87.0) 0.73 (0.44, 1.22) 1.02 (0.58, 1.80)
        Separated or divorced 8 (1.3) 2.74 (0.67, 11.30) 0.96 (0.18, 5.21)
        Time with current partner, y, mean (SD) 8.2 (6.9) 1.01 (0.99, 1.04) 1.00 (0.97, 1.02)
    No. of live-in partners, n (%)
        0 or 1 550 (91.7) reference reference
        ≥2 50 (8.3) 3.09* (1.67, 5.74) 1.00 (0.52, 1.94)
    Earn own income, n (%)
        Yes 443 (73.8) 0.67* (0.46, 0.97) 0.91 (0.60, 1.37)
        No 7 (26.2) reference reference
    Job type, n (%)
        No job or retired or student 193 (32.2) 1.32 (0.91, 1.90) 0.92 (0.61, 1.40)
        Owner or CEO 84 (14.0) 1.11 (0.68, 1.81) 0.96 (0.56, 1.67)
        Manager or supervisor 26 (4.3) 1.08 (0.48, 2.44) 0.65 (0.24, 1.77)
        Worker 297 (49.5) reference reference
    Fertility and children status, n (%)
        Infertile or daughters only 197 (32.8) 0.79 (0.56, 1.11) 1.03 (0.70, 1.52)
        Fertile with no children or have at least a son 403 (67.2) reference reference
Partners
        Age, y, mean (SD) 8.3 (6.9) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 0.99 (0.96, 1.01)
        Education, y, mean (SD) 10.1 (3.4) 0.88* (0.84, 0.93) 0.88* (0.83, 0.93)
    Migration, n (%)
        Grew up urban/suburban, lives in urban/suburban area 347 (57.8) reference reference
        Grew up urban/suburban, lives in rural area 2 (0.3) 0.01 (0.00, 1.14E6) 0.02 (0.00, 2.56E6)
        Grew up rural, lives in urban/suburban area 161 (26.8) 1.27 (0.87, 1.86) 1.51 (0.99, 2.30)
        Grew up rural, lives in rural area 86 (14.3) 1.94* (1.20, 3.12) 1.76* (1.05, 2.93)
    Job type, n (%)
        No job or retired or student 24 (4.0) 2.63* (1.10, 6.31) 2.32* (1.00, 5.35)
        Owner or CEO 152 (25.3) 1.19 (0.81, 1.73) 1.05 (0.68, 1.60)
        Manager or supervisor 65 (10.8) 0.40* (0.21, 0.73) 0.33* (0.15, 0.75)
        Worker 359 (59.8) reference reference

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; CEO = chief executive officer.

aAge ranged from 18 to 54 in this sample and was also analyzed as a categorical variable. Categorical age was not significant in predicting either lifetime or past year IPV.

bIn this sample, 11.1% of the respondents were single, and 0.5% were widowed. Neither group reached statistical significance for both lifetime and past year IPV when analyzed separately.

*Statistically significant (P < .05) ORs.