Table 1.
Comparisons of Demographic Characteristics Abuse Groups by Strangled verses Not Strangled
| Abused Controls | Attempted Homicide | Completed Homicide | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strangulation | No Strangulation | Strangulation | No Strangulation | Strangulation | No Strangulation | |||||||
| Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | Mean | N | |
| (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | (SD) | |||||||
| Age | 27.07 | 41 | 30.40 | 385 | 32.06 | 86 | 34.21 | 102 | 31.82 | 89 | 35.28 | 114 |
| (6.86) | (8.66) | (8.14) | (9.82) | (9.24) | (14.84) | |||||||
| % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | |
| Length of Relationship | 40 | 384 | 87 | 102 | 89 | 116 | ||||||
| <= 1 Year | 17.5% | 30.7% | 13.8% | 26.5% | 14.6% | 24.1% | ||||||
| >1 Year | 82.5% | 69.3% | 86.2% | 73.5% | 85.4% | 75.9% | ||||||
| Ethnicity | 37 | 350 | 83 | 96 | 88 | 107 | ||||||
| African American | 51.4% | 22.0% | 67.5% | 54.2% | 51.1% | 43.9% | ||||||
| Euro American | 35.1% | 53.1% | 19.3% | 22.9% | 22.7% | 30.8% | ||||||
| Latino | 13.5% | 24.9% | 13.3% | 22.9% | 26.1% | 25.2% | ||||||
| Education | 87 | 101 | 87 | 112 | ||||||||
| < High School | 20% | 40 | 16.2% | 383 | 35.6% | 33.7% | 43.7% | 28.6% | ||||
| >= High School | 80% | 83.8% | 64.4% | 66.3% | 56.3% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Employment | 41 | 385 | 85 | 101 | 89 | 115 | ||||||
| No | 26.8% | 24.2% | 49.4% | 46.5% | 32.6% | 34.8% | ||||||
| Yes | 73.2% | 75.8% | 50.6% | 53.5% | 67.4% | 65.2% | ||||||
| Relationship Status | 41 | 384 | 73 | 90 | 85 | 104 | ||||||
| Current | 70.7% | 45.8% | 72.6% | 73.3% | 65.9% | 49.0% | ||||||
| Former | 29.3% | 54.2% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 34.1% | 51.0% | ||||||
Age was significantly different, between those strangled and not strangled for the abused controls only, t(424) = 2.36, p = .02. Length of relationship was significantly different, χ2(1) = 4.61, p=.03, between those strangled and not strangled for the attempted homicides only.
Ethnicity was significantly different, between those strangled and not strangled for the abused controls, χ2(2) = 15.54, p = .000 Education was significantly different, χ2(1) = 4.90, p = .027, between those strangled and not strangled for completed homicides only.
Relationship status was significantly different, between those strangled and not strangled for the abused controls, χ2(1) = 9.20, p = .002, and completed femicides, χ2(1) = 5.40, p = .02.