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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2018 Oct 28;118:257–263. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.019

Table 1.

State-Level Gender Inequality Index Values and Prevalence Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence Victimization for Women and Men in the 50 U.S. States and D.C., 2010

Womena Mena

State Gender
Inequality
Index
Rank for
Gender
Inequality
Index
Any
IPV
Rank for
Any IPV
Physical
IPV
Psychologica
1 IPV
Any IPV Rank for
Any
IPV
Physica
1IPV
Psychologica
1 IPV
Alabama 0.259 29 37.5 27 32.4 46.4 29.5 18 28.6 44.8
Alaska 0.381 51 43.3 49 33.2 54.2 30.2 19 26.9 50.4
Arizona 0.368 49 42.6 48 38.6 55.4 33.4 36 29.8 55.4
Arkansas 0.313 40 40.8 42 34 45.2 34.8 40 33.5 53.9
California 0.231 18 34.9 16 30 44.6 31.1 26 27.9 50.2
Colorado 0.341 45 36.8 23 32.4 47.4 30.5 23 29.4 50.9
Connecticut 0.149 1 37.7 30 31.7 44.8 33.9 38 32.1 47.6
Delaware 0.213 9 37.6 28 34.9 39.7 32.7 32 32 47.1
District of Columbia 0.345 46 39.0 33 35.1 50.1 25.5 7 23.9 52.8
Florida 0.247 24 37.9 31 34.1 46 29.3 16 26.9 46.2
Georgia 0.268 31 37.4 26 33.7 45.5 30.4 21 27.9 49.7
Hawaii 0.240 21 34.7 14 31 43.5 24.1 4 23.2 41.6
Idaho 0.271 32 33 5 28.4 43.5 38.2 50 34.1 48.6
Illinois 0.217 10 41.5 44 33.9 48.4 25.9 9 24.2 41
Indiana 0.380 50 42.5 47 36.6 51.8 27.9 11 27.1 52.5
Iowa 0.183 4 35.3 18 28.6 45.4 29.3 16 27.1 42
Kansas 0.249 25 33.9 9 28.4 45.8 31.1 26 29.9 42.9
Kentucky 0.280 33 45.3 51 42.1 57.2 35.5 45 32.1 47.7
Louisiana 0.263 30 35.9 20 31.7 46.9 35.2 42 30.8
Maine 0.291 36 39.3 35 34.2 53.5 33.6 37 32.3 52.7
Maryland 0.224 14 34.4 13 28.8 48.6 28.8 13 26.8 41.6
Massachusetts 0.309 38 33.9 9 26.8 44.1 31.7 28 30.3 47.5
Michigan 0.257 27 36.1 21 31.3 51.9 25.8 8 23.3 42.5
Minnesota 0.311 39 33.9 9 26.2 42.3 25.1 5 23.5 38.7
Mississippi 0.340 44 39.7 38 34.8 46.1 31.7 28 30.4 46.9
Missouri 0.245 23 41.8 45 37.8 54.8 35.2 42 32.8 54
Montana 0.287 35 37.2 25 30.3 47 34.6 39 32.5 51.3
Nebraska 0.228 16 33.7 8 30 46.9 28 12 24.8 45.3
Nevada 0.191 6 43.8 50 38.7 50.8 32.8 33 31.1 56.2
New Hampshire 0.178 2 34.7 14 28.2 45.1 35.4 44 31.9 42.8
New Jersey 0.218 11 35.8 19 26.3 43.1 27.4 10 27 44.4
New Mexico 0.286 34 37.6 28 31.1 48 33.3 35 31.5 49.1
New York 0.230 17 31.7 3 28.5 40.7 29 14 25.2 46
North Carolina 0.209 8 35.2 17 32.3 44.4 30.3 20 26.5 43.1
North Dakota 0.257 27 29.7 2 27.4 42.8 18.5 1 17.8 41.5
Ohio 0.243 22 38 32 34.5 46.8 33 34 31.3 48.8
Oklahoma 0.360 48 40.1 40 37.3 52.3 37.8 49 36.1 52
Oregon 0.190 5 39.8 39 35 52.4 36.2 46 34.4 44.5
Pennsylvania 0.253 26 37.1 24 32.1 46.3 30.4 21 27.8 40.4
Rhode Island 0.320 41 32.6 4 28.9 44.5 25.4 6 24.1 41.5
South Carolina 0.345 46 42.3 46 36.4 53.1 29.2 15 25.4 44
South Dakota 0.238 20 27.8 1 25.4 36.6 23.6 3 22.8 29.3
Tennessee 0.226 15 39.6 37 34.2 48.1 36.8 48 33.8 52.8
Texas 0.293 37 40.1 40 35.1 52 34.9 41 31.1 52.2
Utah 0.223 13 33.6 6 26.8 41.6 21.4 2 19.3 41.5
Vermont 0.323 42 39.2 34 32.8 51.2 30.9 25 28.9 45.6
Virginia 0.191 6 33.6 6 30 44.6 38.6 51 27 43.5
Washington 0.180 3 41.4 43 37.5 48.7 31.7 28 28 46.9
West Virginia 0.237 19 39.4 36 36.3 48.5 36.3 47 34 50.9
Wisconsin 0.219 12 36.3 22 31.2 48 32.1 31 28.7 45.7
Wyoming 0.337 43 33.9 9 29.7 51.9 30.5 23 28.2 40.9
a

As reported in the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey State Report1

b

Rankings are in ascending order (arranged from smallest to largest)