Table 1.
Rates of Specific Risk Factors and Mean Number of Risk Factors for Each Group of Women
| Risk factors | No abuse (n=882) n(%) |
Adult only (n =123) n (%) |
Child only (n =175) n(%) |
Both periods (n =79) n(%) |
Overall (n=1,259) n(%) |
pa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual factors | ||||||
| 1. Teen (age 18–20) | 194 (22.0) | 28 (22.8) | 47 (26.9) | 28 (35.4) | 297 (23.6) | .002 |
| 2. African American | 373 (42.3) | 63 (51.2) | 86 (49.1) | 44 (55.7) | 566 (45.0) | .024 |
| 3. Household income <$15,000 | 180 (20.4) | 29 (23.6) | 51 (29.1) | 24 (30.4) | 284 (22.6) | .023 |
| 4. High school or less education | 390 (44.2) | 64 (52.0) | 68 (50.3) | 61 (64.6) | 593 (47.1) | .002 |
| 5. Inner city residence | 386 (43.8) | 61 (49.6) | 89 (50.9) | 51 (64.6) | 587 (46.6) | .002 |
| Risk factors considered as a sum, mean (SD)b | 1.7 (1.8) | 2.0 (1.8) | 2.1 (1.9) | 2.5 (1.7) | 1.8 (1.8) | .001c |
a
df = 3, p value is for chi square testing differences in rates of each risk factor occurring among the groups.
b
0 = Having none of the above demographic risk factors. 5 = Having all 5 risk factors.
c
Post-hoc contrast between having no abuse versus having abuse in both periods is the only significant difference.