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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):128–138. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.10.016

Table 4.

Risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence by level of childhood adversity and adulthood stressors, U.S. men and women, aged ≥ 20 years, 2004–2005, N=34653

Childhood adversity Adulthood past–12-month stressors

Men (%) (n=14 564) Women (%) (n=20 089)

Lowest stressors Low-middle stressors Middle-high stressors Highest stressors Lowest stressors Low-middle stressors Middle-high stressors Highest stressors
Lowest adversity 0.9 (n=1674) 1.1 (n=1144) 2.3 (n=741) 3.5 (n=322) 0.6 (n=2268) 1.7 (n=1334) 1.9 (n=943) 2.9 (n=464)
Low-middle adversity 1.4 (n=1076) 1.6 (n=1035) 3.3 (n=811) 5.8 (n=561) 1.8 (n=1349) 2.3 (n=1401) 2.6 (n=1394) 6.7 (n=1015)
Middle-high adversity 2.6 (n=480) 3.5 (n=785) 3.3 (n=1052) 5.0 (n=1237) 1.9 (n=1003) 5.0 (n=1353) 5.2 (n=1327) 10.4 (n=1234)
Highest adversity 2.9 (n=420) 3.1 (n=670) 6.8 (n=1035) 13.6 (n=1521) 3.3 (n=402) 2.9 (n=934) 10.0 (n=1358) 16.9 (n=2310)
*

Adjusted for race/ethnicity and age at interview