Table 1.
Bivariate Associations Between Resource Use and Socio-Demographic Variables Among a Sample of African American and African Caribbean Women Reporting Experiences of IPV
| Type of Resource | |||||||||
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| Community | Criminal Justice | Domestic Violence | Health Care | ||||||
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| Socio-demographic Variables | Sample (n=543) | Not used (n=341) | Used (n=202) | Not used (n=322) | Used (n=221) | Not used (n=445) | Used (n=98) | Not used (n=473) | Used (n=70) |
| Site, n (%) | |||||||||
| Baltimore | 159 (29) | 93 (28) | 66 (33) | 78 (24) | 81 (37) | 126 (28) | 33 (34) | 139 (30) | 20 (29) |
| St. Thomas | 207 (38) | 141 (41) | 66 (33) | 150 (47) | 57 (26) | 180 (41) | 27 (27) | 181 (38) | 26 (37) |
| St. Croix | 177 (33) | 107 (31) | 70 (34) | 94 (29) | 83 (37) | 139 (31) | 38 (39) | 153 (32) | 24 (34) |
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| Race, n (%) | |||||||||
| Black AA/AC | 495 (91) | 317 (93) | 178 (88) | 296 (92) | 199 (90) | 412 (93) | 83 (85) | 433 (91) | 62 (89) |
| Hispanic AA/AC | 38 (7) | 20 (6) | 18 (9) | 23 (7) | 15 (7) | 25 (5) | 13 (13) | 31 (7) | 7 (10) |
| Other mixed race | 10 (2) | 4 (1) | 6 (3) | 3 (1) | 7 (3) | 8 (2) | 2 (2) | 9 (2) | 1 (1) |
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| Age, n (%) | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 204 (38) | 135 (40) | 69 (34) | 135 (42) | 69 (31) | 177 (40) | 27 (28) | 185 (39) | 19 (28) |
| 25–34 | 201 (37) | 130 (38) | 71 (35) | 112 (35) | 90 (40) | 162 (36) | 39 (40) | 184 (39) | 17 (24) |
| 35–44 | 92 (17) | 52 (15) | 40 (20) | 52 (16) | 40 (18) | 76 (17) | 16 (16) | 75 (16) | 17 (24) |
| 45+ | 46 (8) | 24 (7) | 22 (11) | 23 (7) | 23 (11) | 30 (7) | 16 (16) | 29 (6) | 17 (24) |
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| Marital Status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Single | 264 (49) | 167 (49) | 97 (48) | 149 (46) | 115 (52) | 221 (49) | 43 (44) | 228 (48) | 36 (51) |
| Partnered | 159 (29) | 112 (33) | 47 (23) | 107 (33) | 52 (24) | 136 (31) | 23 (23) | 147 (31) | 12 (17) |
| Married | 80 (15) | 44 (13) | 36 (18) | 48 (15) | 32 (14) | 61 (14) | 19 (19) | 64 (14) | 16 (23) |
| Divorced/Separated | 40 (7) | 18 (5) | 22 (11) | 18 (6) | 22 (10) | 27 (6) | 13 (13) | 34 (7) | 6 (9) |
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| Employed, n (%) | 266 (49) | 176 (52) | 90 (45) | 167 (52) | 99 (45) | 226 (51) | 40 (41) | 244 (52) | 22 (31) |
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| Children <18, n (%) | 415 (76) | 265 (78) | 150 (75) | 236 (73) | 179 (81) | 336 (76) | 79 (81) | 363 (77) | 52 (74) |
p <0.05 denoted in bold type