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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Against Women. 2015 Oct 26;22(6):651–670. doi: 10.1177/1077801215610014

Table 1.

Characteristics of Female Participants.

Characteristicsb U.S. Blacks % (No.) African Americans % (No.) Caribbean Blacks % (No.) Ethnic differencea
Age of participants
 18–24 15.9 (440) 15.8 (300) 17.8 (140) p = .613
 25–34 20.5 (755) 20.5 (528) 21.0 (227)
 35–49 33.1 (1,124) 33.0 (762) 35.4 (362)
 50–64 18.2 (575) 18.3 (414) 15.6 (161)
 >65 12.3 (383) 12.5 (2,299) 10.2 (88)
Relationship status (%)
 Married 27.4 (802) 27.3(517) 28.5 (285) p = .117
 Partnered 8.5 (223) 8.2(152) 11.6 (71)
 Separated or divorced 20.3 (759) 20.2(540) 21.4 (219)
 Widowed 11.5 (360) 11.8(300) 6.4 (60)
 Never married 32.8 (1,121) 32.4(779) 32.1 (342)
Education (%)
 Less than high school 24.7 (772) 25.0 (600) 21.0 (172) p = .012
 High school graduate 36.2 (1,152) 36.6 (865) 30.2 (287)
 Some college 24.9 (799) 24.6 (525) 29.1 (274)
 College 14.2 (554) 13.9 (309) 19.8 (245)
Household income (%)
 <US$25,000 50.6 (1,706) 51.3 (1,314) 38.8 (392) p = .019
 US$25,000–US$34,999 14.4 (502) 14.2 (326) 16.5 (176)
 US$35,000–US$49,999 14.4 (461) 14.3 (304) 16.9 (157)
 US$50,000–US$74,999 11.9 (360) 11.6 (217) 15.7 (143)
 >US$75,000 8.8 (248) 8.5 (138) 12.1 (110)
Occupation status (%)
 Employed 63.7 (2,140) 63.2 (1,447) 71.1 (693) p = .060
 Unemployed 11.1 (361) 11.1 (262) 10.3 (99)
 Not in the labor force 25.2 (771) 25.7 (585) 18.7 (186)
Region (%)
 Northeast 18.8 (977) 15.8 (261) 63.8 (716) p = .000
 Midwest 18.9 (400) 19.9 (393) 3.7 (7)
 South 54.0 (1,756) 55.8 (1,508) 26.9 (248)
 West 8.3 (144) 8.5 (137) 5.6 (7)
Home ownership
 Own home 47.2 (1,423) 47.4 (1,060) 43.4 (363) p = .227
 Rental/does not own home 52.9 (1,854) 52.6 (1,239) 56.6 (615)
Ever badly beaten by partner 17.5 (505) 17.9 (392) 12.0 (113) p = .032
Number of times victimized
 1 21.7 (98) 21.7 (73) 21.7 (25) p = .917
 2–9 39.1 (197) 39.0 (151) 41.7 (46)
 10 or more 39.3 (180) 39.8 (145) 36.9 (35)
N 3,277 2,299 978

Note. The figures are based on within group percentages.

a

P-values are based on chi-square tests obtained from bivariate analysis between the African Americans and Caribbean Blacks.

b

Descriptives are based on weighted percentages.