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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Oct 31;33(1):169–176. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00825.x

Table 1.

Individual, Couple, and Zip Code Level Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics Across Intimate Partner Violence Categories

MFPV No MFPV FMPV No FMPV
Male
Age (mean in years) 36.8 49.1 37.7 49.6
Education (%)
 <High school 17.8 18.3 19.0 18.1
 =High school 43.1 35.9 41.5 35.8
 >High school 39.1 45.8 39.5 46.1
Employment status (%)
 Employed 83.8 72.0 80.9 72.0
 Retired 2.4 20.2 4.3 20.8
 Unemployed/other 13.8 7.8 14.8 7.2
Experienced childhood physical abuse (%) 76.0 63.5 71.3 63.9
Has history of illicit drug use (%) 13.0 4.9 13.1 4.5
Female
Age (mean in years) 35.0 46.4 35.6 47.0
Education (%)
 <High school 16.0 15.9 17.0 15.6
 =High school 39.5 40.3 42.5 39.7
 >High school 44.5 43.8 40.5 44.7
Employment status (%)
 Employed 72.8 58.8 67.3 59.3
 Homemaker 15.0 25.7 22.4 24.7
 Retired 1.5 9.4 1.6 9.8
 Unemployed/other 10.7 6.1 8.6 6.3
Experienced childhood physical abuse (%) 65.8 48.6 65.7 47.6
Has history of illicit drug use (%) 7.7 1.4 5.1 1.7
Couple level
Ethnicity (%)
 White, non-Hispanic 65.7 80.8 66.4 81.5
 Black, non-Hispanic 11.0 6.0 11.0 5.8
 Hispanic, any race 8.7 6.7 8.2 6.7
 Mixed/other, non-Hispanic 14.6 6.5 14.5 6.0
Household income (%)
 <$10,000 10.7 8.3 12.6 7.7
 $10 to 19,999 18.8 13.2 19.8 12.7
 $20 to 29,999 12.9 17.1 13.2 17.3
 $30 to 39,999 18.9 14.3 14.5 15.1
 ≥$40,000 38.7 47.1 40.0 47.3
Marital status (%)
 Married 77.4 92.0 81.3 92.0
 Cohabitating 22.6 8.0 18.7 8.0
Positive for binge drinking (%) 67.3 38.9 67.1 37.3
Positive for alcohol related problems (%) 36.4 12.9 31.4 12.8
Zip code level
Total alcohol outlet densitya 14.2 12.4 12.2 12.8
On-premise alcohol outlet densitya 11.9 10.5 10.2 10.9
Off-premise alcohol outlet densitya 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9
Living in poverty (%) 13.1 11.6 13.6 11.4
Black (%) 10.6 7.8 11.1 7.5
Hispanic (%) 10.0 7.2 8.9 7.3
Foreign born (%) 7.0 6.2 5.9 6.5
Female-headed households (%) 17.0 14.0 16.7 13.9
Workforce that is unemployed (%) 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6
High school graduatesb (%) 75.5 75.4 73.7 75.8
College graduatesb (%) 20.9 20.2 18.4 20.7
Households making >$75,000 year (%) 9.4 9.7 8.5 10.0
Married (%) 58.9 60.9 59.9 60.8
15 to 29 years of age (%) 22.8 21.9 22.5 22.0
Homes that are owner occupied (%) 53.8 54.1 54.0 54.1
Moved in past 5 years (%) 50.0 48.0 48.7 48.2

Note: (%) denotes weighted proportions.

MFPV, male-to-female partner violence; FMPV, female-to-male partner violence.

a

Alcohol outlet density is the number of alcohol outlets per 10,000 persons.

b

Among residents >25 years of age.