Table 2.
Prevalence of Past-Month Physical DV Perpetration by Age, Nativity, and Sex
| No. (%) of Respondentsa |
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|---|---|---|---|
| All (N=1398) |
Boys (n=653) |
Girls (n=745) |
|
| All | 261/1398 (18.7) | 63/653 (9.6) | 198/745 (26.6) |
| Age, y | |||
| ≤14 | 19/100 (19.0) | 6/45 (13.3) | 13/55 (23.6) |
| 15 | 45/264 (17.1) | 8/114 (7.0) | 37/150 (24.7) |
| 16 | 73/377 (19.4) | 16/183 (8.7) | 57/194 (29.4) |
| 17 | 70/377 (18.6) | 13/178 (7.3) | 57/199 (28.6) |
| ≥18 | 53/268 (19.8) | 20/126 (15.9) | 33/142 (23.2) |
| χ2 Statisticb (P value) |
0.79 (.94) | 8.4 (.08) | 2.5 (.64) |
| Nativity | |||
| US born | 193/962 (20.1) | 36/427 (8.4) | 157/535 (29.4) |
| Foreign born | 64/422 (15.2) | 25/217 (11.5) | 39/205 (19.0) |
| χ2 Statisticc (P value) |
4.65 (.03) | 1.9 (.21) | 8.1 (.004) |
Abbreviation: DV, dating violence.
a
Denominators may not sum to the total because of missing data.
b
Calculated with 4 df.
c
Calculated with 1 df.