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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: West J Nurs Res. 2014 Mar 20;37(2):180–196. doi: 10.1177/0193945914527177

Table 4.

Factors related to both physical and psychological workplace violence (N=2033)

Whites
(n=1312)
Blacks
(n=487)
Asians
(n=234)
Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
Age (years) 1.03*** 1.02* 1.04* 1.03 1.03 1.00
Gender Male 1.16 0.84 0.62 0.31 1.48 1.68
Marital Status
Married 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1
Unmarried 0.80 1.15 0.59 0.52 1.07 1.34
Separated/Divorced/Widowed 1.67** 1.30 0.79 0.62 6.73* 3.85
History of Trauma
Child physical abuse 1.59** 1.26 2.91** 3.19** 2.06 3.03
Child sexual abuse 1.05* 1.04 1.14*** 1.15** 0.15 0.15
Intimate partner abuse (5 years) 1.42 1.64* 1.27 1.39 7.43** 9.96*
Length of Employment (years)
One year or less 1 1 1 1 1 1
2–5 years 2.15*** 1.86* 2.47 3.34 4.13 5.83
6–10 years 2.20** 1.97** 3.44* 4.04* 4.71 14.08*
11 years or more 1.55* 1.47 2.23 2.38 3.33 4.74
Nurse 1.37 1.35 1.58 0.99 0.46 0.58

Note:

*

p=<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001;

Significant values are presented in bold;

a

Models were adjusted for location of employment

b

OR=Odds Ratios;

For confidence interval values, please contact the corresponding author