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

Table 3.

Association of financial stressors and patterns of IPV perpetration

Only threats/minor physicala Only severe physical IPVa Threats/Minor & severe physical IPVa All three formsa
Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b Crude OR (95 % CI) Adjusted OR (95 % CI)b
Continuous measure of number of stressors
 Number of financial stressorsc 1.19 (1.09–1.29) 1.07 (0.98–1.17) 1.27 (1.10–1.46) 1.20 (1.05–1.38) 1.33 (1.21–1.46) 1.19 (1.08–1.32) 1.44 (1.32–1.58) 1.29 (1.18–1.41)
Individual stressors
 Utilities nonpaymentd 1.52 (1.18–1.97) 1.19 (0.91–1.55) 1.98 (1.28–3.05) 1.63 (1.06–2.49) 2.09 (1.53–2.84) 1.49 (1.10–2.03) 2.28 (1.63–3.19) 1.64 (1.17–2.31)
 Housing nonpaymentd 1.66 (1.21–2.28) 1.35 (0.97–1.89) 1.63 (0.94–2.80) 1.43 (0.84–2.43) 2.42 (1.75–3.34) 1.95 (1.40–2.71) 2.55 (1.75–3.70) 1.95 (1.61–2.91)
 Food insecurityd 1.89 (1.43–2.50) 1.38 (1.05–1.82) 1.56 (0.92–2.65) 1.27 (0.75–2.15) 1.99 (1.39–2.84) 1.31 (0.91–1.88) 3.67 (2.47–5.44) 2.48 (1.64–3.73)
 No phone serviced 1.44 (1.01–2.05) 1.05 (0.74–1.49) 3.16 (1.90–5.24) 2.79 (1.69–4.60) 2.29 (1.63–3.22) 1.61 (1.14–2.27) 3.65 (2.45–5.43) 2.48 (1.67–3.70)
 Utilities turned offd 1.37 (0.88–2.15) 1.04 (0.63–1.70) 1.04 (0.50–2.20) 0.94 (0.44–2.03) 1.83 (1.20–2.80) 1.41 (0.91–2.20) 2.23 (1.41–3.52) 1.56 (0.97–2.49)
 Evictedd 1.22 (0.55–2.70) 0.86 (0.35–2.10) 3.11 (0.74–13.03) 2.23 (0.42–11.75) 5.00 (2.53–9.88) 3.72 (1.83–7.57) 1.28 (0.40–4.00) 0.84 (0.26–2.69)

aCompared to participants who perpetrated no forms of IPV in the past year

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

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

dRef = No experience of this form of financial stressor