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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 6.

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

Female Victim (severe violence) Male Victim (severe 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 1.49% 1.78% 2.60% 2.40%
Age
 18–34 years 0.84 (0.25 – 2.75) 0.74 (0.28 – 1.98) 1.39 (0.26 – 7.42) 1.73 (0.79 – 3.80)
 35–44 years 0.58 (0.13 – 2.65) 0.72 (0.19 – 2.69) 1.12 (0.37 – 3.40) 0.36 (0.09 – 1.51)
 45+ years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Education
 0–11 years 0.97 (0.19 – 4.87) 0.30 (0.03 – 3.05) …. …. 0.65 (0.20 – 2.11)
 12 years 0.61 (0.10 – 3.87) 1.35 (0.14 – 13.38) 0.52 (0.10 – 2.63) 0.17+ (0.03 – 1.20)
 13–15 years 1.65 (0.34 – 7.98) 1.74 (0.33 – 9.12) 0.69 (0.18 – 2.64) 1.17 (0.51 – 2.71)
 16+ years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Household income
 < $15,000 0.42 (0.05 – 3.62) …. …. …. …. 0.28 (0.03 – 2.59)
 $15,000–35,000 2.03 (0.50 – 8.24) 1.60 (0.54 – 4.73) 0.31 (0.03 – 2.95) 0.91 (0.19 – 4.28)
 $35,000–75,000 0.20 (0.02 – 1.75) 1.17 (0.27 – 5.18) 1.13 (0.26 – 4.85) 0.95 (0.33 – 2.72)
 >$75,000 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Employment status
 Unemployed …. …. …. …. …. …. 0.63 (0.07 – 5.38)
 Out of the work force 0.91 (0.17 – 4.96) 1.04 (0.26 – 4.17) 0.28 (0.05 – 1.60) 1.15 (0.30 – 4.39)
 Other …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….
 Employed 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Relationship status
 Cohabitating only 2.77 (0.46 – 16.71) 2.50 (0.77 – 8.19) 0.69 (0.08 – 5.70) 4.79* (1.28 – 17.97)
 Married 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Family size 0.72 (0.48 – 1.08) 1.07 (0.88 – 1.30) 1.08 (0.77 – 1.51) 0.86 (0.66 – 1.12)
Alcohol Abuse/Dependence 16.05+ (0.70 – 366.22) 4.18* (1.24 – 14.14) 1.06 (0.20 – 5.62) …. ….
Substance Abuse/Dependence 24.60*** (5.90 – 102.62) 6.38** (1.80 – 22.67) 2.60 (0.44 – 15.35) …. ….
Major Depressive Episode 5.67* (1.47 – 21.88) 1.79 (0.59 – 5.48) 0.53 (0.06 – 4.29) 4.15* (1.31 – 13.12)
Nativity
 Foreign-born 0.62 (0.17 – 2.19) 0.36 (0.06 – 2.23) 0.38 (0.09 – 1.60) 0.60 (0.16 – 2.21)
 U.S.-born 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Years in the U.S. 1.02 (0.99 – 1.04) 1.01 (0.97 – 1.05) 1.02 (0.99 – 1.04) 1.02 (1.00 – 1.03)
Asian Ethnicity
 Filipino 0.75 (0.15 – 3.65) 2.98 (0.34 – 25.81) 4.87 (0.60 – 39.38) 1.86 (0.47 – 7.35)
 Chinese 0.29* (0.08 – 1.02) 2.19 (0.15 – 32.53) 3.91 (0.43 – 35.78) 1.02 (0.24 – 4.28)
 Other Asian 0.62 (0.13 – 2.98) 4.47 (0.57 – 34.88) 5.95 (0.67 – 52.94) 0.90 (0.23 – 3.51)
 Vietnamese 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
+

.05 < p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < 001