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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2010 Apr 8;72(2):360–374. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00705.x

Table 3.

Cluster and Relationship Differences on Eight Types of Intimate Partner Violence

Variable Congruent
Light &
Infrequent
Discrepant
Male
Heavy &
Frequent
Discrepant
Female
Heavy &
Infrequent
Congruent
Moderate/
Heavy &
Frequent
Female-to-Male (Minor)
Victimization
Dating .35 .57 .33 .20
Cohabitating .28 .71 .76 .41
Married .30 .48 .90 .38
Perpetration
Dating .27 .52 .94 .27
Cohabitating .32 .71 .82 .39
Married .39 .27 .10 .66
Female-to-Male (Severe)
Victimization
Dating .13 .18 .06 .14
Cohabitating .13 .21 .29 .18
Married .10 .12 0 .44
Perpetration
Dating .08 .09 .28 .15
Cohabitating .09 .11 .26 .12
Married .08 .08 .10 .25
Male-to-Female (Minor)
Victimization
Dating .35 .29 .46 .31
Cohabitating .32 .73 .42 .51
Married .41 .75 .42 .89
Perpetration
Dating .31 .161 .13 .192
Cohabitating .42 .711 .32 .592
Married .40 .20 .67 .17
Male-to-Female (Severe)
Victimization
Dating .14 .14 .17 .19
Cohabitating .11 .15 .21 .19
Married .11a .45a .08 .22
Perpetration
Dating .05 .04 .04 .06
Cohabitating .08 .09 .03 .13
Married .06a .27a 0 0

Note: N=741. Means with matching superscripts and matching numbers in a column indicate significant differences at p < .05 using Neuman-Keuls test.