Table 4.
Proportion of Mutual and Unidirectional (MFPV, FMPV) Partner Violence by Couples Ethnicity
| Interethnic couples (n = 45) | Intra-ethnic couples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| White couples (n = 108) | Black couples (n = 125) | Hispanic couples (n = 148) | ||
| Perpetrator* | ||||
| Mutual | 71.78 (8.02) | 44.57 (5.19) | 61.14 (4.82) | 45.16 (5.44) |
| MFPV only | 8.75 (4.75) | 16.95 (3.87) | 8.08 (2.74) | 19.38 (4.27) |
| FMPV only | 19.47 (6.86) | 38.48 (5.08) | 30.78 (4.42) | 35.46 (4.08) |
Notes: Estimates are percent (standard error); MFPV = male-to-female partner violence; FMPV = female-to-male partner violence
*
p < .05.