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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2006 Jan;30(1):31–38. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.09.001

Table 2.

Exposure to violence among substance-abusing pregnant women and their children (N = 715)

Episodes Percentage
Lifetime physical fights with current partner (25.5% of those witnessed by children) 32.5
Lifetime yelling or screaming fights with current partner (25.9% of those witnessed by children) 56.3
Feeling unsafe at home 10.4
Feeling afraid of current partner 6.3
Feeling afraid of ex-partner 7.9
Weapon available at home (38.8% of which were guns) 26.4
Children exposed to violence in neighborhood (50% of which were shootings) 28.2
Mother involved in any street fight 40.2