Table 1.
Select descriptive characteristics of sample at baseline.
| Variables | Women who reported perpetrating IPV (n = 127) Mean ± SD/Percent (n) |
Women who reported being victims of IPV (n = 51) Mean ± SD/Percent (n) |
Women who reported reciprocal IPV (n = 285) Mean ± SD/Percent (n) |
Women who reported no IPV (n = 577) Mean ± SD/Percent (n) |
Difference tests p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (years) | 23.94±5.10 | 26.31±6.67 | 24.17±5.27 | 24.74±5.40 | 0.03 |
| Gestational age (weeks) | 20.25±6.98 | 18.24±8.80 | 18.92±6.90 | 18.72±6.80 | 0.13 |
| Education: | |||||
| Less than high school | 33.86 (43) | 19.61 (10) | 34.04 (97) | 28.60 (165) | 0.16 |
| High school or GED | 51.97 (66) | 43.14 (22) | 42.81 (122) | 47.49 (274) | |
| Some college | 14.17 (18) | 37.25 (19) | 23.16 (66) | 23.92 (138) | |
| Relationship status: | |||||
| Married/significant other | 28.35 (36) | 23.53 (12) | 24.56 (70) | 22.18 (128) | 0.14 |
| Single/divorced/widowed/separated | 71.65 (91) | 76.47 (29) | 75.44 (215) | 77.82 (449) | |
| Medicaid | 86.51 (109) | 66.00 (33) | 80.99 (230) | 75.83 (436) | 0.04 |
| WIC | 49.21 (62) | 41.18 (21) | 45.26 (129) | 41.59 (240) | 0.13 |
| Currently employed | 31.50 (40) | 35.29 (18) | 37.68 (107) | 37.09 (214) | 0.29 |
| Risk factors: | |||||
| Alcohol use during pregnancy | 18.90 (24) | 25.49 (13) | 32.98 (94) | 15.80 (91) | <0.001 |
| Illicit drug use during pregnancy | 12.60 (16) | 11.76 (6) | 17.54 (50) | 8.84 (51) | <0.01 |
| Active smoking | 18.11 (23) | 29.41 (15) | 20.70 (59) | 17.33 (100) | 0.15 |
| ETSE | 76.86 (93) | 66.67 (34) | 80.00 (224) | 68.37 (389) | <0.01 |
| Depression | 17.34 ±13.36 | 19.37±14.19 | 23.16±14.68 | 13.76±12.81 | <0.001 |
| In intervention group | 13.68 (71) | 4.82 (25) | 27.75 (144) | 48.35 (279) | 0.15 |
| Wanted pregnancy | 76.98 (97) | 71.43 (35) | 74.11 (209) | 77.60 (447) | 0.58 |
| Happiness about pregnancy: | |||||
| Unhappy | 14.17 (18) | 31.37 (16) | 22.81 (65) | 18.20 (105) | 0.03 |
| Moderately happy | 44.09 (56) | 33.33 (17) | 42.81 (122) | 38.30 (221) | |
| Very happy | 41.73 (53) | 35.29 (18) | 34.39 (98) | 43.50 (251) |
Note: Differences in means or proportions are denoted by bolded text.