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. 2016 Mar 1;3(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s40621-016-0069-4

Table 2.

Association of financial stressors and perpetration of threats of IPV, physical IPV, and IPV resulting in injury

Threats/Minor physical IPVa Severe physical IPVb IPV resulting in injuryc
Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)d Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)d Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)d
Continuous measure of number of stressors
 Number of financial stressorse 1.29 (1.22–1.36) 1.16 (1.09–1.23) 1.34 (1.26–1.44) 1.22 (1.14–1.30) 1.42 (1.30–1.54) 1.27 (1.16–1.38)
Individual stressors
 Utilities nonpaymentf 1.84 (1.53–2.23) 1.37 (1.13–1.65) 2.08 (1.67–2.60) 1.54 (1.23–1.92) 2.42 (1.75–3.35) 1.76 (1.28–2.43)
 Housing nonpaymentf 2.10 (1.69–2.61) 1.68 (1.33–2.12) 2.17 (1.74–2.71) 1.74 (1.38–2.20) 2.35 (1.64–3.36) 1.78 (1.21–2.59)
 Food insecurityf 2.24 (1.84–2.74) 1.56 (1.28–1.90) 2.36 (1.81–3.07) 1.64 (1.25–2.15) 3.61 (2.51–5.20) 2.47 (1.71–3.58)
 No phone servicef 2.10 (1.70–2.58) 1.48 (1.21–1.83) 2.78 (2.21–3.51) 2.04 (1.61–2.59) 3.22 (2.21–4.69) 2.19 (1.49–3.20)
 Utilities turned offf 1.68 (1.30–2.17) 1.26 (0.94–1.69) 1.75 (1.30–2.35) 1.35 (0.99–1.84) 2.05 (1.35–3.12) 1.49 (0.93–2.25)
 Evictedf 2.37 (1.46–3.85) 1.68 (0.98–2.88) 3.31 (1.88–5.82) 2.39 (1.35–4.23) 0.95 (0.30–3.04) 0.61 (0.19–2.02)

aCompared to those who did not perpetrate threats/minor physical IPV

bCompared to those who did not perpetrate severe physical IPV

cCompared to those who did not perpetrate IPV resulting in injury

dAdjusted for gender, race, perceived health, neuroticism, alcohol abuse or dependence, and drug abuse

eModeled as continuous ranging from 0 to 6 forms of financial stressors

fRef = No experience of this form of financial stressor