Table 3.

Characteristics of violent incidents (n=2621)

Characteristic	WSW (n=152)	non-WSW (n=2469)	p-value
Perpetrator of violence
Stranger	19 (12.5%)	133 (5.4%)	0.006
Acquaintance	14 (9.2%)	93 (3.8%)	0.003
Dealer	1 (0.7%)	16 (0.7%)	0.814
Police	4 (2.6%)	16 (0.7%)	0.009
Boy/girlfriend	5 (3.3%)	44 (1.8%)	0.322
Partner	2 (1.3%)	17 (0.7%)	0.787
Regular sex partner	1 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0.072
Security guard	1 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0.037
Sex worker	1 (0.7%)	5 (0.2%)	0.978
Other	3 (2.0%)	51 (2.1%)	0.782
Type of violence
Beating	36 (23.7%)	276 (11.2%)	0.001
Strangled	3 (2.0%)	11 (0.5%)	0.035
Sexual assault/rape	3 (2.0%)	26 (1.1%)	0.486
Robbery	2 (1.3%)	27 (1.1%)	0.525
Attacked with weapons	5 (3.3%)	38 (1.5%)	0.153
Other	8 (5.3%)	50 (2.0%)	0.035