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. 2009 Jun 5;63(7):563–568. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.077750

Table 1. Comparison, by age group, of the characteristics of the adults who witnessed and did not witness interparental violence in childhood, SIRS cohort, Paris metropolitan area, 2005.

Witnessing of interparental violence in childhood
Overall Age 18–36 Age 37–54 Age >54
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
(511) (2483) (189) (802) (185) (812) (137) (869)
Demographics
Age (mean) 42.6 45.7 28.2 27.7 44.3 45.4 67.0 68.7
Female 55.3 52.4 52.0 51.6 54.9 49.6 61.7 56.5
French nationality 88.2 85.9 83.3 83.5 88.5 84.2 97.2* 90.7
Psychosocial outcomes in adulthood
Internalising disorders
    Current depression 18.3*** 10.4 18.3*** 9.4 19.5** 10.4 16.0 11.7
    Lifetime suicide attempt 6.0*** 2.3 4.0** 1.2 6.3* 2.7 9.3** 3.2
Intrafamilial conduct disorders
    Intimate partner violence 8.1*** 1.9 7.4*** 1.1 12.5*** 2.5 2.9 2.2
    Perpetration of child maltreatment 3.8*** 0.6 0 0 7.4*** 0.7 0 0.8
Alcohol dependence 17.8*** 9.2 16.8* 9.4 21.2** 12.2 14.4** 5.7
Childhood family-level stressors
Poor mother–child relationship 25.8*** 10.7 21.4*** 9.0 27.6*** 11.8 30.8*** 11.6
Poor father–child relationship 50.1*** 19.0 52.0*** 20.1 52.3*** 19.3 43.4*** 17.4
Parental separation or divorce 32.3*** 9.0 43.6*** 14.6 24.7*** 6.6 23.4*** 4.6
Parental death 5.4*** 11.2 5.0 7.2 5.2 9.6 6.6** 18.0
Parental incarceration 2.9*** 0.6 3.0** 0.6 1.2* 0.1 4.7** 1.1
Parental suicide attempt 7.1*** 0.9 7.0*** 1.4 7.6*** 1.1 6.5*** 0.1
Parental alcoholism 26.8*** 3.5 26.9*** 3.1 28.7*** 4.4 23.6*** 2.9
Physical abuse in childhood 12.2*** 1.5 9.5*** 1.2 16.5*** 1.7 9.4*** 1.9
Sexual abuse in childhood 6.9*** 1.5 5.9*** 1.7 8.7*** 1.6 5.6** 1.2
Childhood social-level stressors
Family financial problems 33.0*** 15.2 31.0*** 12.5 29.2*** 14.6 41.9*** 19.3
Poor parental health status 30.0*** 19.1 29.4*** 17.3 29.9** 18.7 32.1* 21.7
Housing problems 11.1*** 4.5 9.5*** 3.6 11.1*** 2.7 14.2* 7.8
Parental unemployment 16.3*** 6.2 21.9*** 10.9 12.7*** 3.6 10.5*** 3.3

*p Value <0.05; **p value <0.01; ***p value <0.001.