Table 2.

Mean Rating of Severity of Aggression (and 95% Confidence Interval) for Female Compared to Male Respondents and by Whether Either Partner Had Been Drinking at the Time of the Aggressive Incident

Country	All Incidents		Incidents Reported by Females		Incidents Reported by Males
	Females	Males	One or Both Partners Drinking	Neither Partner Drinking	One or Both Partners Drinking	Neither Partner Drinking
Australia	4.4 (3.8–5.0)	2.7*** (2.2–3.1)
Belize	4.4 (3.8–5.1)	2.4*** (1.8–3.0)	5.0 (4.2–5.9)	3.7* (2.7–4.8)	2.8 (1.7–3.9)	2.1 (1.4–2.8)
Brazil	5.7 (4.7–6.6)	4.2* (3.2–5.1)	6.1 (4.8–7.4)	5.1 (3.7–6.5)	—a	3.8 (2.9–4.7)
Canada	3.7 (3.4–4.0)	2.7*** (2.5–3.0)	4.4 (3.9–4.9)	3.3*** (3.0–3.6)	3.8 (3.2–4.4)	2.5*** (2.3–2.7)
Costa Rica	5.6 (4.8–6.5)	2.1*** (1.4–2.8)	6.8 (5.5–8.2)	4.8* (3.7–5.9)	—a	1.7 (1.3–2.2)
Czech Republic	3.3 (3.0–3.6)	2.2*** (2.0–2.5)	3.6 (3.2–4.0)	2.7** (2.2–3.2)	2.6 (2.3–2.9)	1.6** (1.2–1.9)
India	6.9 (6.6–7.2)	5.8** (5.1–6.5)	7.3 (7.0–7.7)	6.2*** (5.6–6.7)	5.7 (4.8–6. 6)	—a
Nicaragua	5.4 (4.7–6.2)	3.5** (2.5–4.4)	6.5 (5.3–7.6)	4.8* (3.9–5.7)	—a	3.4 (2.2–4.6)
Nigeria	4.7 (4.4–5.1	4.4 (4.0–4.8)	4.8 (4.2–5.3)	4.7 (4.2–5.3)	4.7 (4.1–5.3)	4.1 (3.6–4.7)
Peru	5.2 (4.7–5.7)	3.6** (2.9–4.4)	5.6 (4.7–6.4)	4.9 (4.2–5.7)	—a	3.6 (2.7–4.5)
Uganda	6.2 (5.8–6.6)	5.6* (5.0–6.1)	6.5 (6.0–7.0)	5.9 (5.2–6.6)	6.2 (5.4–7.0)	4.7* (4.0–5.4)
United Kingdom	3.0 (2.5–3.4)	2.2** (1.9–2.5)	3.7 (3.0–4.4)	2.4** (1.9–3.0)	2.5 (2.0–3.0)	2.0 (1.6–2.5)
United States	3.9 (3.2–4.5)	—	4.8 (3.8–5.9)	3.2** (2.5–3.9)	—	—
Overall	4.7 (4.6–4.9)	3.1 (3.0–3.2)	5.4 (5.2–5.6)	4.1 (3.9–4.3)	3.8 (3.5–4.0)	2.7 (2.6–2.9)

Note: Ratings were made on a 10-point scale (1 = very minor aggression to 10 = life threatening).

^aValue suppressed because N < 20.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.