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. 2007 May;97(5):941–947. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.079020

TABLE 3—

Weighted Estimates of Violence Frequency and Injury Occurrence by Reciprocity Status and Perpetrator Gender: Young Adults Aged 18–28 Years, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, United States, 2001

Violence Frequency, no. (%)
Variable Low (n = 4447) Medium (n = 1549) High (n = 760) Injury occurrence, no. (%)
Reciprocity
    Nonreciprocal 1721 (73.3) 413 (18.5) 167 (8.2) 266 (11.6)
    Reciprocal 2726 (60.6) 1136 (25.6) 593 (13.8) 1271 (28.4)
Perpetrator gender
    Men against women 1883 (65.1) 623 (21.1) 368 (13.8) 850 (28.8)
    Women against men 2564 (64.6) 926 (24.9) 392 (10.5) 687 (18.1)
Gender by reciprocity
    Men against women: nonreciprocal 457 (69.0) 119 (17.6) 76 (13.4) 136 (20.0)
    Men against women: reciprocal 1426 (64.0) 504 (22.1) 292 (13.9) 714 (31.4)
    Women against men: nonreciprocal 1264 (75.0) 294 (18.9) 91 (6.1) 130 (8.1)
    Women against men: reciprocal 1300 (57.2) 632 (29.1) 301 (13.7) 557 (25.3)

Note. Percentages reflect weighted estimates of the distribution of the variables for the US young adult population.