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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2008 Apr 22;24(4):551–568. doi: 10.1177/0886260508317189

Table 3.

Rates of Female-to-Male Partner Violence among Couples.

Violent Act WYMY,
%
WYMN,
%
WYMY,
%
WYMN,
%
κ
Threw something that could hurt 2.1% 3.9% 6.8% 87.1% 0.23
Pushed or shoved 3.5% 5.0% 7.5% 84.0% 0.29
Slapped 1.5% 2.3% 3.1% 93.1% 0.32
Choked 0.00% .2% .6% 99.2% NC
Burned or scalded 0.00% .1% .2% 99.7% NC
Used a knife or gun 0.00% .3% .6% 99.1% NC
Twisted arm or hair .1% .8% 1.9% 97.2% 0.07
Punched or hit with something that could hurt .4% 1.6% 4.7% 93.3% 0.10
Slammed against a wall 0.00% .4% 1.0% 98.5% NC
Beat up .1% .7% .4% 98.8% 0.16
Kicked .4% 1.1% 1.8% 96.6% 0.22
Grabbed 1.1% 2.8% 6.8% 89.3% 0.14
Any violence 7.2% 6.0% 11.1% 75.8% 0.36

Note. WYMY = both partners report that an act occurred (woman yes, man yes). WYMN = woman reports that an act occurred, man does not (woman yes, man no). WNMY = woman reports that an act did not occur, man reports act did occur (woman no, man yes). WNMN = both partners report that an act did not occur (woman no, man no). NC = not calculated.