Table 1.
First Author (year) |
Sample, Setting and Design |
Race/Ethnicity and SES of Sample (if noted) |
Subgroup(s) | Prevalence | Quality Rating |
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Reproductive Coercion |
Pregnancy Coercion |
Birth Control Sabotage |
Abortion Coercion |
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Finer (2005) | 1,209 abortion patients | 31% Black | Partner wanting abortion was most important reason for abortion | 0.5% | QI | |||
11 locations in the United States | 19% Hispanic remainder not specified | |||||||
Mixed methods | SES: 60% low-income | |||||||
Gee (2009) | 1,463 women over age 18 | 57% White | Partner makes it difficult to use birth control (past 4 months): | QII | ||||
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 23% Black | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 15% Other | |||||||
No IPV | 4.6% | |||||||
[Note: this data was not reported, but was calculated from other data provided in the study] | Past year IPV | 13.5% | ||||||
Did not use birth control because partner did not want to/wanted participant to get pregnant: | 6.1% | |||||||
No IPV | 16.7% | |||||||
Past year IPV | ||||||||
Miller (2010) | 1,278 women ages 16–29 seeking care in 5 family planning clinics California Cross-sectional survey | 29.9% Hispanic | Overall | 19.1% | 15% | QI | ||
28.1% Black | ||||||||
22.4% White | Hispanic | 16.8% | 11.5% | |||||
12.5% Asian/other | Black | 25.9% | 27.0% | |||||
7.1% multiracial | White | 13.3% | 7.3% | |||||
Asian/Other | 15.0% | 9.4% | ||||||
Multiracial | 27.5% | 15.4% | ||||||
Silverman (2010) | 1,318 men ages 18–35 who had ever had sex Boston, Massachusetts | 48.5% Black | Partner sought to compel abortion | 4.1% | QII | |||
31.5% Hispanic | ||||||||
11.9% Other | Partner sought to prevent abortion | 8% | ||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 8.1% White | |||||||
Miller (2011) | 906 women ages 16–29 years | 29.7% Hispanic | Past 3 months at baseline: | QI | ||||
27.9% Black | Intervention group | 9.3%, | 10.7% | |||||
Northern California | 22.9% White | Control group | 7.9% | 7.0% | ||||
Cluster randomized control trial | 12.9% Asian/Pacific Islander/other | |||||||
6.7% multiracial | ||||||||
Silverman (2011) | 356 women aged 14–20 who had ever had sex | 40% White | Coerced into sex without a condom | 20% | QI | |||
34% Hispanic | ||||||||
Boston, Massachusetts | 20% Black | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 6% other | |||||||
Foster (2012) | 5,109 women who sought abortions at one clinic | 56.1% White/Hispanic | Pushed to have an abortion against their wishes | 2% | QI | |||
38.8% Black | ||||||||
United States | 2.6% mixed/other | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 1.8% missing | |||||||
0.7% Asian | ||||||||
Chibber (2014) | 954 pregnant women, 15 years or older, meeting criteria for the parent study (the Turnaway Study) | 37% White | Coerced to have abortion by partner | 0.1% | QI | |||
29% Black | ||||||||
21% Hispanic | ||||||||
13% other | ||||||||
Multiple locations in the United States | SES: at least 68% low-income | |||||||
Mixed methods | ||||||||
Clark (2014) | 641 women ages 18–44, literate | 41.8% Latina | Overall | 16% | QI | |||
27% White | Latina1 | 5.7% | ||||||
Urban location | 16.4% Black | Black | 3.2% | |||||
Cross-sectional survey | 8.7% other | White | 3% | |||||
6.1% >1 race | Other | 1.7% | ||||||
>1 race | 1.7% | |||||||
SES: 79% low-income | ||||||||
Dick (2014) | 1,008 youth ages 14–18 (RC results from 769 female participants only) | 36.5% Hispanic | No cyber dating abuse | 4% | QI | |||
27.1% Black | Low cyber dating abuse | 11.6% | ||||||
15.5% Asian | High cyber dating abuse | 21.6% | ||||||
Northern California | 10.7% Multiracial | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 5.2% White | |||||||
5.1% Native Amer./ | ||||||||
Pacific Islander | ||||||||
Kazmerski (2014) | 1,262 women ages 16–29 years seeking care in 5 family planning clinics | 30% Hispanic | Past 3 months | 13% | QI | |||
27.9% Black | ||||||||
22.6% White | ||||||||
Northern California | 8.5% multiracial/other | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | 5.7% Native | |||||||
Amer./Pacific Isl./Alaskan | ||||||||
Native/Native Hawaiian | ||||||||
5.4% Asian | ||||||||
McCauley (2014) | 564 girls ages 14–19 seeking services at school-based health clinics, who completed questions on sexual minority status | 36.9% Hispanic | Overall | 12.4% | QI | |||
29.1% Black | ||||||||
15.6% Asian | Sexual minority group females | 12.3% | ||||||
8.9% multiracial | ||||||||
5% White | ||||||||
Northern California | 4.6% Amer. Indian/ | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | Pacific Islander | |||||||
Miller (2014) | 3539 women aged 16–29 seeking care in 24 rural and urban family planning clinics | 80.3% White | Past 3 months | 5% | 1.7% | QI | ||
13.3% Black | ||||||||
2.9% multiracial | Past 3 months by race: | |||||||
1.6% Hispanic | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.6% Asian/other | White | 3.7% | |||||
Cross-sectional survey | Black | 12.5% | ||||||
Multiracial | 5.9% | |||||||
Hispanic | 8.8% | |||||||
Asian/Other | 7.3% | |||||||
Past 3 months: | ||||||||
Partner removing condom during sex | 1.6% | |||||||
Poking holes in condoms | 0.2% | |||||||
Breaking condoms | 0.4% | |||||||
Preventing access to birth control | 0.4% | |||||||
Coerced into sex without a condom | 0.5% | |||||||
McCauley (2015) | 3,455 women aged 16–29 years seeking care at family planning clinics, whose partners were equally men and women, or mostly or exclusively men | 80.6% White | Past 3 months | 5.1% | QI | |||
13.1% Black | ||||||||
2.9% Multiracial | Women who have sex with women and men | 9.3% | ||||||
1.6% Other | ||||||||
1.5% Hispanic/Latina | Women who have sex with men | 4.6% | ||||||
Western Pennsylvania | ||||||||
Cross-sectional survey | ||||||||
Patel (2015) | 1,388 non-pregnant women age 16–40 | 21.3% White | 1% | QI | ||||
35.2% Black | ||||||||
Southeast Texas | 22.9% Hispanic | |||||||
Cross-sectional survey | Remainder not specified | |||||||
SES: 80% low-income | ||||||||
Sutherland (2015) | 972 women aged 18–25, enrolled at a large public university; sexually active | 75.3% White | 8% | 6.8% | 3.9% | QI | ||
10.3% Hispanic | ||||||||
9.6% Asian | White | 6.6% | ||||||
Northeast United States | 4.8% Black | Hispanic | 16.7% | |||||
Cross-sectional survey | Asian | 6.7% | ||||||
Black | 15.6% |
NOTE: SES = socioeconomic status, RC = reproductive coercion
Quality ratings for cross-sectional and mixed-methods studies are as follows (Cesario et al., 2002):
QI: Total score of 22.5–30 indicates that 75% to 100% of the total criteria were met.
QII: Total score of 15–22.4 indicates that 50% to 74% of the total criteria were met.
QIII: Total score of less than 15 indicates that less than 50% of the total criteria were met.
- STRONG (no WEAK ratings)
- MODERATE (one WEAK rating)
- WEAK (two or more WEAK ratings)
Racial and ethnic prevalence was calculated from data provided.