Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants (n = 32)

Characteristic	No. (%)
Age (mean), y	32
Race
White	16 (50)
African American	16 (50)
Socioeconomic status below federal poverty level48	24 (75)
No health insurance	7 (22)
Children
Mean number of children	3, range 1–7
Age range children, y	1–26
Current pregnancy	3
Participants whose children heard or saw the abuse	31 (97)
Relationship issues
Average length of abusive relationship, y	6.7, range 1–28
Abusive relationship ongoing	9 (28)
Previous abusive relationship	16 (50)
Grew up in home with IPV, child abuse, or sexual abuse	22 (70)

IPV = intimate partner violence.