TABLE 1.

Past Year Prevalence, Frequency, Severity, and Severity-Weighted Counts of Violence by Women and Men, Calculated as Highest Report by Either Reporter

	Past Year Prevalence		Past Year Frequency		Inter-Partner Correlation
	Women	Men	Women	Men
	%	%	M(SD)	M(SD)
Minor
1. Threw something that could hurt	21.4a	10.7b	0.78 (2.72)	0.59 (2.85)	.35**
2. Twisted arm or hair	6.0	8.3	0.35 (2.31)	0.26 (1.32)	.64**
3. Pushed or shoved	21.4a	11.9b	1.05 (3.42)a	0.54 (2.59)b	.47**
Severe
4. Used a knife or gun	0.6	0.6	0.01 (0.08)	0.01 (0.08)	−.01
5. Punched or hit with something that could hurt	8.9a	3.6b	0.31 (1.52)a	0.04 (0.19)b	.30**
6. Choked	1.2	2.4	0.03 (0.32)	0.04 (0.33)	.27**
7. Slammed against wall	3.0	4.2	0.07 (0.47)	0.08 (0.42)	.21**
8. Beat up	0.0	0.6	0.0 (0.0)	0.01 (0.08)	—
Any/Sum of minor items	29.2a	17.3b	2.18 (6.76)	1.38 (5.11)	.51**
Restricted sample			7.47 (10.88)	8.00 (10.05)
Any/Sum of severe items	10.1	7.7	0.42 (1.78)a	0.17 (0.81)b	.45**
Restricted sample			4.12 (4.12)	2.15 (2.12)
Any item endorsed/Sum of all items	29.8a	17.3b	2.60 (8.03)	1.55 (5.61)	.51**
Restricted sample			8.72 (12.85)	8.97 (10.91)
Severity types
Severe violence	10.1	7.7
Minor violence only	19.6	9.5
No violence	70.2	82.7
Severity-weighted counts			0.72 (1.42)a	0.47 (1.28)b	.67**
Restricted sample			2.42 (1.63)	2.72 (1.83)

Note. The restricted sample includes partners who had engaged in any violence (according to the maximum reported measure; Ns range from 13 to 50 across items).

^a,bDifferent subscripts within each row and score type represent significant gender differences in prevalence or frequency.

^**p < .01.

^*p < .05.

^†p < .10.