TABLE 1.

Characteristics of couples across intimate partner violence categories

	Non-reciprocal MFPV % (n=63)	Non-reciprocal FMPV % (n=147)	Reciprocal IPV % (n=239)	No IPV % (n=1166)
Couple characteristics
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	74.8	70.9	61.9	80.4
Black, non-Hispanic	5.5	8.7	13.0	5.7
Hispanic	10.8	8.3	7.9	6.5
Mixed/other, non-Hispanic	9.0	12.1	17.2	7.5
Household income
<$10,000	4.2	12.5	12.7	7.7
$10–19,999	12.7	18.5	20.8	12.4
$20–29,999	8.6	11.4	14.6	17.3
$30–39,999	29.5	13.1	15.4	14.1
≥$40,000	45.0	44.6	36.5	48.5
Male characteristics
Age group (in years)
18–29	11.9	23.6	32.7	9.9
30–39	38.7	31.3	39.6	24.6
40–49	16.5	19.8	21.4	19.8
≥50	32.9	25.4	6.4	45.8
Education
<high school	17.9	20.5	17.9	17.7
=high school	36.3	36.8	45.2	35.5
>high school	45.8	42.7	36.9	46.8
Employment status
employed	79.3	75.3	85.2	72.1
retired/other	7.9	9.0	0.8	20.9
unemployed	12.9	15.7	14.0	7.0
Alcohol
binge drinks	59.7	56.0	58.0	34.3
alcohol problems present	32.9	17.6	27.9	8.3
Has a history of illicit drug use	11.7	12.6	13.4	4.1
Approves of intimate partner violence	17.3	16.3	29.2	11.1
Female characteristics
Age group (in years)
18–29	28.0	27.5	43.6	13.2
30–39	20.5	37.4	39.4	25.6
40–49	21.9	17.2	13.6	21.1
≥50	29.6	17.9	3.5	40.2
Education
<high school	12.0	16.7	17.5	15.5
=high school	34.9	44.7	40.8	39.8
>high school	53.2	38.6	41.8	44.7
Employment status
employed	75.3	61.2	71.7	59.0
homemaker	11.6	30.9	16.2	25.1
unemployed/retired/other	13.2	7.9	12.2	15.9
Alcohol
binge drinks	15.1	27.3	36.5	10.7
alcohol problems present	15.5	15.4	17.9	4.7
Has a history of illicit drug use	9.8	2.6	7.0	1.3
Approves of intimate partner violence	5.7	17.3	27.7	4.5

Note: n=unweighted count and %=weighted percent