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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2007 Sep;68(5):706–713. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.706

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, by subscale

Overall
Men
Women
Variable N (%) Mean (SD) n (%) Mean (SD) n (%) Mean (SD)
Gender 780 (100.00) 333 (42.69) 447 (57.31)
Ethnicity
 White 514 (65.90) 210 (26.92) 304 (38.97)
 Asian/Asian American 184 (23.59) 86 (11.03) 98 (12.56)
 Hispanic/Latino 34 (4.36) 16 (2.05) 18 (2.31)
 Black 10 (1.28) 4 (0.51) 6 (0.77)
 Native American/American Indian 4 (0.51) 1 (0.13) 3 (0.38)
 Other 32 (4.10) 15 (1.92) 17 (2.18)
 Missing 2 (0.26) 1 (0.13) 1 (0.13)
Overall IPV perpetration 447 (57.31) 168 (21.53) 279 (35.77)
 Mild perpetration 445 (57.05) 169 (21.67) 276 (35.38)
 Severe perpetration 69 (8.85) 19 (2.44) 50 (6.41)
 Psychological perpetration 437 (56.03) 163 (20.90) 274 (35.13)
 Injury 72 (9.23) 32 (4.10) 40 (5.13)
 Physical perpetration 105 (13.46) 27 (3.46) 78 (10.00)
 Sexual perpetration 99 (12.69) 55 (7.05) 44 (5.64)
 No perpetration 312 (40.00) 159 (20.38) 153 (19.62)
Drinks per week 11.70 (10.71) 14.15 (12.09) 9.84 (9.12)
Alcohol-related problemsa 7.00 (7.84) 7.79 (8.48) 6.41 (7.28)

Notes: Prevalence rates for IPV are for lifetime violence perpetration. Twenty-one participants did not complete one or more items on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale.

a

Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index score.