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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Oct 4;19(1):25–32. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.08.008

TABLE 2.

Prevalence of childhood family violence history and unadjusted associations across categories of IPV

No Abuse Non-reciprocal MFPV vs. no IPV Non-reciprocal FMPV vs. no IPV Reciprocal IPV vs. no IPV
% % Unadjusted OR & 95% CI % Unadjusted OR & 95% CI % Unadjusted OR & 95% CI
Male’s childhood family violence history
Child physical abuse
 None 36.8 12.3 1.0 30.0 1.0 27.6 1.0
 Moderate physical abuse 57.0 76.3 4.0 (1.3, 12.0) 64.7 1.4 (0.8, 2.6) 60.1 1.4 (0.8, 2.5)
 Severe physical abuse 6.2 11.4 5.5 (1.5, 20.1) 5.2 1.0 (0.5, 2.1) 12.3 2.7 (1.3, 5.4)
Interparental violence
 None 76.5 65.5 1.0 62.3 1.0 51.7 1.0
 Threats of violence 7.7 13.9 2.1 (0.5, 8.9) 19.0 3.0 (1.1, 8.3) 17.0 3.3 (1.6, 6.7)
 Physical violence 15.9 20.6 1.5 (0.7, 3.2) 18.7 1.4 (0.7, 2.9) 31.3 2.9 (1.7, 5.0)
Child-family violence
 None 31.0 10.2 1.0 17.8 1.0 16.7 1.0
 Moderate child-family violence 50.2 67.2 4.1 (1.2, 14.2) 61.5 2.1 (1.0, 4.7) 44.3 1.6 (0.8, 3.4)
 Severe child-family violence 18.8 22.7 3.7 (1.2, 11.5) 20.7 1.9 (0.8, 4.8) 39.1 3.9 (2.0, 7.6)
Female’s childhood family violence history
Child physical abuse
 None 52.8 42.4 1.0 37.8 1.0 31.6 1.0
 Moderate physical abuse 40.6 52.8 1.6 (0.6, 4.1) 53.7 1.8 (1.0, 3.3) 48.8 2.0 (1.3, 3.2)
 Severe physical abuse 6.7 4.9 0.9 (0.3, 2.7) 8.4 1.8 (0.5, 5.8) 19.6 4.9 (2.5, 9.6)
Interparental violence during childhood
 None 77.5 62.4 1.0 53.4 1.0 56.9 1.0
 Threatened each other only 6.9 17.3 3.1 (0.9, 10.4) 9.7 2.0 (0.9, 4.6) 12.6 2.5 (1.3, 4.9)
 Physically violent with each other 15.6 20.4 1.6 (0.7, 3.7) 36.9 3.4 (1.6, 7.2) 30.5 2.7 (1.6, 4.5)
Child-family violence
 None 44.1 24.8 1.0 21.0 1.0 20.9 1.0
 Moderate child-family violence 37.7 50.7 2.4 (0.8, 7.5) 41.1 2.3 (1.1, 4.6) 41.0 2.3 (1.3, 4.0)
 Severe child-family violence 18.3 24.5 2.4 (0.8, 7.1) 37.9 4.3 (1.8, 10.4) 38.1 4.4 (2.5, 7.7)

Note: %, OR, and 95% CI = weighted percent, odds ratio and 95 percent confidence interval, respectively