. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 26.

Published in final edited form as: Violence Against Women. 2008 Jan;14(1):5–28. doi: 10.1177/1077801207311948

Table 2.

Association Between State, Organization, and Worker Characteristics and Domestic Violence (DV) Screening (n = 782)

	Sample Total (%)	DV Screen by Caseworker		Test Statistic
Characteristic	Sample Total (%)	No (%)	Yes (%)	Test Statistic
State				77.93^** (X² df = 3)
Georgia	17.8	71.2	28.8
Michigan	27.3	92.5	7.5
New York	28.8	95.1	4.9
Texas	26.1	97.1	2.9
Office type				18.61^** (X² df = 1)
TANF office	81.2	88.5	11.5
Employment services	18.8	100.0	0.0
Encounter type				14.14^** (X² df = 2)
Initial application or recertification	64.9	88.4	11.6
Job search activity	12.0	87.9	12.1
Other encounter (sanction, child care, etc.)	23.1	97.8	2.2
Worker length of employment	7.12 (6.93)	7.29 (7.05)	5.07 (5.00)	2.47^* ^a

Note: Cases weighted to be representative of direct service contact; TANF = Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.

. t-test statistic reported.

p ≤ .01.

^**

p ≤ .001.