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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Law Psychiatry. 2009 Mar 20;32(3):167–175. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.02.004

Table 5.

Sociodemographic predictors of minor domestic violence among married or cohabiting respondents (Weighted N = 1,470)

Female Victim (minor violence) Male Victim (minor violence)

Female report, (victim) Male report, (perpetrator) Male report, (victim) Female report, (perpetrator)
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Weighted prevalence 10.15% 14.65% 12.00% 19.02%
Age
 18–34 years 1.39 (0.74 – 2.62) 0.73 (0.30 – 1.75) 2.02+ (0.91 – 4.46) 1.83* (1.04 – 3.21)
 35–44 years 1.14 (0.44 – 2.90) 0.66 (0.37 – 1.19) 0.76 (0.36 – 1.60) 1.25 (0.55 – 2.83)
 45+ years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Education
 0–11 years 0.61 (0.24 – 1.58) 0.49+ (0.21 – 1.10) 0.09** (0.02 – 0.36) 0.51+ (0.26 – 1.02)
 12 years 0.43+ (0.16 – 1.17) 0.51 (0.21 – 1.24) 0.92 (0.40 – 2.13) 0.37+ (0.14 – 1.03)
 13–15 years 1.35 (0.77 – 2.37) 0.79 (0.40 – 1.57) 0.65 (0.35 – 1.19) 1.42 (0.81 – 2.50)
 16+ years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Household income
 < $15,000 1.11 (0.40 – 3.10) 1.07 (0.38 – 3.04) 1.28 (0.48 – 3.44) 0.67 (0.27 – 1.64)
 $15,000–35,000 0.56 (0.27 – 1.13) 0.77 (0.27 – 2.16) 0.66 (0.16 – 2.67) 0.38** (0.21 – 0.69)
 $35,000–75,000 0.85 (0.44 – 1.64) 1.17 (0.58 – 2.37) 2.14* (1.13 – 4.06) 0.57+ (0.32 – 1.01)
 >$75,000 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Employment status
 Unemployed 0.36 (0.09 – 1.48) 0.61 (0.17 – 2.23) 0.27 (0.06 – 1.33) 1.27 (0.42 – 3.90)
 Out of the work force 0.66 (0.30 – 1.44) 0.96 (0.41 – 2.26) 0.65 (0.26 – 1.65) 0.56 (0.28 – 1.12)
 Other 0.78 (0.08 – 7.27) 2.14 (0.17 – 26.23) …. …. 0.75 (0.13 – 4.35)
 Employed 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Relationship status
 Cohabitating only 1.21 (0.50 – 2.90) 0.73 (0.35 – 1.52) 1.31 (0.62 – 2.79) 3.06* (1.20 – 7.78)
 Married 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Family size 1.04 (0.86 – 1.25) 1.02 (0.86 – 1.22) 0.96 (0.80 – 1.16) 1.14 (0.97 – 1.33)
Alcohol Abuse/Dependence 3.58 (0.36 – 36.04) 2.00+ (0.99 – 4.01) 2.03 (0.82 – 5.05) 0.98 (0.07 – 14.69)
Substance Abuse/Dependence 5.56** (1.78 – 17.31) 3.72** (1.44 – 9.63) 5.36*** (2.21 – 13.02) 5.84+ (0.90 – 37.90)
Major Depressive Episode 3.72** (1.50 – 9.26) 1.56 (0.59 – 4.10) 2.01 (0.68 – 5.98) 2.99** (1.37 – 6.49)
Nativity
 Foreign-born 0.62 (0.29 – 1.32) 1.12 (0.41 – 3.05) 0.47+ (0.21 – 1.05) 0.42** (0.22 – 0.79)
 U.S.-born 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Years in the U.S. 1.01* (1.00 – 1.03) 1.00 (0.98 – 1.03) 1.01 (0.99 – 1.04) 1.02* (1.00 – 1.03)
Asian Ethnicity
 Filipino 2.22+ (0.95 – 5.21) 1.16 (0.51 – 2.64) 2.75+ (0.98 – 7.70) 3.51** (1.66 – 7.43)
 Chinese 1.99 (0.81 – 4.85) 1.87* (0.96 – 3.64) 3.64** (1.49 – 8.85) 2.51* (1.12 – 5.62)
 Other Asian 1.84 (0.77 – 4.43) 1.60 (0.83 – 3.07) 4.09** (1.55 – 10.79) 3.54** (1.55 – 8.05)
 Vietnamese 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
+

.05 < p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < 001