Table 1.
Participants’ Demographic and Relationship Characteristics
| Demographic and Relationship Characteristics | Aggression- inclusion | Victimization- inclusion | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) or % | M (SD) or % | df | t or χ2 | p | |
|
Demographic Characteristics | |||||
| Household Income a | 1.86 (1.18) | 1.72 (.95) | 275 | −1.06 | .291 |
| Age (in years) a | 36.76 (7.61) | 37.55 (10.13) | 233 | 0.73 | .466 |
| Employment status | 1 | 4.75 | .029 | ||
| Not working | 76% | 63.3% | |||
| Working part- or full-time | 24% | 36.7% | |||
| Level of education | 2 | 0.62 | .734 | ||
| Less than high school | 30.7% | 26.6% | |||
| High school or G.E.D. | 44.7% | 48.4% | |||
| Beyond high school | 24.7% | 25% | |||
| Relationship Characteristics | |||||
| Relationship duration | 4 | 6.51 | .164 | ||
| 6 – 12 months | 14.7% | 6.3% | |||
| 13 – 36 months | 26.7% | 25% | |||
| 37 – 60 months | 17.3% | 22.7% | |||
| 61 – 240 months | 38.7% | 41.4% | |||
| Greater than 240 months | 2.7% | 4.7% | |||
| Cohabitation status | 1 | 0.08 | .776 | ||
| Cohabiting | 58.7% | 56.3% | |||
| Not cohabiting | 41.3% | 43.8% | |||
Note. Bonferroni adjustment indicates a p < .05 significance level of p = .008
a
Results reported reflect estimates for equal variances not assumed.