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.