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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Rev. 2016 Jun 1;36(1):97–106. doi: 10.1111/dar.12420

Table 4.

Predictors of perpetration of physical IPV in the past 3 months, by gender

Women (n=159) Men (n=201)

Bivariate models OR (95% CI) Multivariate models AOR (95% CI) Bivariate models OR (95% CI) Multivariate models AOR (95% CI)
Race (Ref:Coloured) 1.06 (0.38-2.92) 1.55 (0.45-5.34) 1.26 (0.66-2.41) 1.58 (0.67-3.70)
Age 0.97 (0.92-1.02) 0.98 (0.92-1.04) 1.02 (0.98-1.06) 1.02 (0.97-1.07)
Marital status (Ref:Married) 0.72 (0.28-1.81) 0.91 (0.30-2.72) 1.24 (0.48-3.22) 1.53 (0.51-4.54)
Dependence severity 1.07 (0.98-1.16) 1.07 (0.98-1.15)
Child sexual abuse 3.44 (1.69-7.00)*** 1.97 (0.84-4.61) 3.35 (1.69-6.64)*** 3.64 (1.61-8.24)**
Child physical abuse/neglect 2.97 (1.47-6.00)** 1.94 (0.87-4.31) 3.27 (1.72-6.20)*** 2.44 (1.23-4.83)*
Adult sexual assault (lifetime) 8.80 (3.78-20.49)*** 6.34 (2.53-15.90)*** 5.88 (1.69-20.39)** 5.36 (1.32-21.82)*
Adult sexual assault (recent) 1.87 (0.44-7.98) 5.00 (0.34-72.77)
“Buying” sex for money/drugs 2.16 (0.99-4.71) 2.06 (1.10-3.86)* 1.65 (0.82-3.31)
Gender attitudes 0.99 (0.92-1.06) 1.03 (0.96-1.10)
*

P <0.05

**

P <0.01

***

P <0.001.

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.