Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with an history of violence and controls.

	Violent group		Controls		Test*	p-value
	N = 126	%	N = 121	%
Gender
Male	103	81.7	90	74.4	1.96	0.161
Female	23	18.3	31	25.6
Nationality
Italian	121	96.0	119	98.3	1.20	0.240
Others	5	4.0	2	1.7
Age
18–35	20	15.9	25	20.8	2.80	0.247
36–50	70	55.6	54	45.0
51+	36	28.6	41	34.2
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	51	40.5	47	38.8	0.07	0.793
Single	75	59.5	74	61.2
Education
Low level	82	65.1	63	52.1	4.31	0.038
Medium-high level	44	34.9	58	47.9
Occupation
Employed	52	41.6	60	50.4	1.91	0.167
Unemployed	73	58.4	59	49.6
Economic independence
Yes	54	44.3	55	47.0	0.18	0.670
No	68	55.7	62	53.0
Social support in the last year
Present	86	72.3	94	83.2	3.97	0.046
Not present	33	27.7	19	16.8
Time spent doing nothing
Less than 3 h per day	46	37.4	66	55.5	7.94	0.005
More than 3 h per day	77	62.6	53	44.5
Episodes of violence in family
Yes	40	34.2	11	9.6	20.21	<0.001
No	77	65.8	103	90.4

* Chi-squared test or Exact Fisher’s test (when n <5 in at least one cell).