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. 2015 Jan 30;10(1):e0116609. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116609

Table 3. Risk of intimate partner violence during the past year according to reports of childhood abuse experiences* (N = 1, 226).

Childhood Abuse
No IPV (N = 937)
Any Past Year IPV (N = 289)
Past Year IPV Physical Abuse (N = 196)
Past Year IPV Sexual Abuse (N = 38)
Past Year IPV Physical and Sexual Abuse (N = 55)
n (%) n (%) aOR (95% CI) n (%) aOR (95% CI) n (%) aOR (95% CI) n (%) aOR (95% CI)
No Abuse 345(36.82) 68(23.53) Reference 47(23.98) Reference 8(21.05) Reference 13(23.64) Reference
Any Abuse 592(63.18) 221(76.47) 1.79 (1.31, 2.44) 149(76.02) 1.76 (1.23, 2.53) 30(78.95) 2.05 (0.92, 4.55) 42(76.36) 1.73 (0.90, 3.32)
Types of abuse
No Abuse 345(36.82) 68(23.53) Reference 47(23.98) Reference 8(21.05) Reference 13(23.64) Reference
Physical Abuse Only 364(38.85) 89(30.80) 1.20 (0.84, 1.71) 65(33.16) 1.27 (0.84, 1.91) 10(26.32) 1.13 (0.44, 2.91) 14(25.45) 0.95 (0.44, 2.08)
Sexual Abuse Only 68(7.26) 28(9.69) 2.05 (1.21, 3.48) 20(10.20) 2.14 (1.16, 3.92) 3(7.89) 1.82 (0.46, 7.15) 5(9.09) 2.08 (0.70, 6.18)
Physical & Sexual Abuse 160(17.08) 104(35.99) 3.00 (2.07, 4.35) 64(32.65) 2.73 (1.77, 4.20) 17(44.74) 4.24 (1.77, 10.17) 23(41.82) 3.33 (1.60, 6.89)

CI = confidence interval; aOR = adjusted odds ratio; Bold = statistically significant values.

* Odds ratio adjusted for maternal age (years), education (years), employment status (yes vs. no), parity (nulliparous vs. multiparous) and difficulty paying for the very basics (very hard or hard, somewhat hard, not very hard)