Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Relationships Between the Number of Types of Intimate Partner Violence Women Experienced During Their Lifetimes and Other Study Variables (n = 243)

	# of Types of IPV
	Total sample (n = 243)	None (n = 92)	1 (n = 85)	2 or 3 (n = 66)	p Value
Variable
Age (mean, SD)	25.3 (5.8)	24.3 (5.8)	24.7 (5.4)	27.3 (5.9)	0.004
Psychological distress (%)					0.112
Yes	16.5	15.2	11.8	24.2
No	83.5	84.8	88.2	75.8
Race/ethnicity (%)					0.084
White	18.1	12.0	21.2	22.7
Hispanic	28.8	30.4	28.2	27.3
Black or African American	33.3	32.0	40.0	25.8
Other	19.8	25.0	10.6	24.2
Education (%)					0.742
Less than high school	14.8	13.0	14.1	18.2
High school graduate	25.5	31.5	23.5	19.7
Some college	47.7	44.6	49.4	50.0
College graduate or more	11.9	10.9	12.9	12.1
Marital status (%)					0.187
Married	7.0	5.4	10.6	4.6
Cohabiting	27.6	23.9	31.8	27.3
Divorced or separated	9.1	8.7	4.7	15.2
Never married	56.4	62.0	52.9	53.0
Number of prior abortions (%)					0.116
None	39.9	46.7	42.4	27.3
1	24.3	21.7	28.2	22.7
2	18.9	18.5	12.9	27.3
3	7.8	7.6	8.2	7.6
4 or more	9.1	5.4	8.2	15.2
Number of children (%)					0.521
None	40.7	46.7	40.0	33.3
1	28.4	28.3	31.8	24.2
2	18.1	15.2	16.5	24.2
3	6.2	4.3	4.7	10.6
4	3.7	3.3	4.7	3.0
5 or more	2.9	2.2	2.4	4.6
Very important to avoid pregnancy (%)					0.178
Yes	70.4	34.8	30.6	21.2
No	29.6	65.2	69.4	78.8
Abortion trimester (%)					0.836
First	39.9	40.2	37.7	42.4
Second	60.1	59.8	62.4	57.6
Main method plan to use in next 6 months (assessed before contraceptive counseling) (%)					0.549b
Low effectiveness	14.8	15.2	15.3	13.6
Condoms	10.7	12.0	9.4	10.6
No method	4.1	3.3	5.9	3.1
Moderate effectiveness	56.4	59.8	52.9	56.1
Oral contraceptive pill	24.3	27.2	16.5	30.3
Transdermal patch	7.4	8.7	5.9	7.6
Vaginal ring	4.5	3.3	5.9	4.6
Injectable (DMPA) shot	20.2	20.7	24.7	13.6
High effectiveness	28.8	25.0	31.8	30.3
Tubal ligationa	3.3	2.2	3.5	4.6
Contraceptive implant	3.7	3.3	1.2	7.6
Intrauterine device	21.8	19.6	27.1	18.2
Method selected (assessed after contraceptive counseling and abortion) (%)					0.200b
Low effectiveness	15.2	19.6	17.6	6.1
Condoms	9.9	15.2	10.6	1.5
Emergency contraception	0.4	1.1	0.0	0.0
No method	4.9	3.3	7.1	4.6
Moderate effectiveness	42.0	40.2	42.4	43.9
Oral contraceptive pill	20.6	23.9	14.1	24.2
Transdermal patch	4.1	4.3	3.5	4.6
Vaginal ring	4.1	2.2	4.7	6.1
Injectable (DMPA) shot	13.2	9.8	20.0	9.1
High effectiveness	42.8	40.2	40.0	50.0
Contraceptive implant	4.1	4.3	3.5	4.5
Intrauterine device	38.7	35.9	36.5	45.5

Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and one-way ANOVA was performed for age. Some totals do not sum to 100 due to rounding. Significance level for categories of low, moderate, and high effectiveness levels (bold numbers) for contraceptive method women were planning to use and the contraceptive method they selected were 0.874 and 0.175, respectively.

^aTubal ligation could be the most effective method they were thinking to use post-abortion before contraceptive counseling; however, tubal ligation was not a method the woman could take home.

^bRelationship between number of types of lifetime IPV experienced and contraceptive method effectiveness level.

SD, standard deviation; ANOVA, analysis of variance; IPV, intimate partner violence; DMPA, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate.