Table 2.
Associations between childhood abuse (< 16 years) and lifetime intimate partner violence victimisation (≥ 16 years) (N = 19,471)
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | Sig. | AOR | 95% CIs | |||||
| LL | UL | LL | UL | LL | UL | ||||||||
| Childhood psychological abuse | – | < 0.001 | 2.78 | 2.45 | 3.15 | < 0.001 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 1.82 | ||||
| Childhood physical abuse | – | < 0.001 | 1.79 | 1.55 | 2.07 | < 0.05 | 1.21 | 1.03 | 1.42 | ||||
| Childhood sexual abuse | – | < 0.001 | 2.06 | 1.83 | 2.33 | NS | |||||||
| Childhood witnessing domestic violence | – | < 0.001 | 1.76 | 1.55 | 2.00 | NS | |||||||
| Childhood abuse count | None (ref.) | < 0.001 | – | < 0.001 | |||||||||
| Single type | < 0.001 | 3.27 | 2.95 | 3.62 | – | < 0.001 | 2.85 | 2.54 | 3.19 | ||||
| Multiple types | < 0.001 | 6.41 | 5.75 | 7.15 | – | < 0.001 | 3.96 | 3.22 | 4.87 | ||||
| Sex | Female | < 0.001 | 2.52 | 2.32 | 2.74 | < 0.001 | 2.53 | 2.33 | 2.76 | < 0.001 | 2.57 | 2.36 | 2.79 |
| Age | 50–59 (ref.) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
| 16–19 | < 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.85 | < 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.83 | < 0.01 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.82 | |
| 20–29 | NS | 0.97 | 0.86 | 1.10 | NS | 0.96 | 0.85 | 1.08 | NS | 0.96 | 0.85 | 1.09 | |
| 30–39 | < 0.05 | 1.14 | 1.02 | 1.27 | < 0.05 | 1.13 | 1.02 | 1.26 | < 0.05 | 1.13 | 1.02 | 1.26 | |
| 40–49 | < 0.001 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 1.39 | < 0.001 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.37 | < 0.001 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 1.38 | |
| Ethnicity | White | < 0.001 | 1.91 | 1.65 | 2.21 | < 0.001 | 1.97 | 1.70 | 2.28 | < 0.001 | 1.91 | 1.65 | 2.21 |
| Deprivation | Least deprived (ref.) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
| Most deprived—1 | < 0.001 | 1.43 | 1.26 | 1.62 | < 0.001 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 1.58 | < 0.001 | 1.42 | 1.25 | 1.61 | |
| 2 | < 0.001 | 1.40 | 1.23 | 1.58 | < 0.001 | 1.40 | 1.24 | 1.58 | < 0.001 | 1.39 | 1.23 | 1.58 | |
| 3 | < 0.001 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 1.43 | < 0.001 | 1.25 | 1.11 | 1.42 | < 0.001 | 1.26 | 1.11 | 1.42 | |
| 4 | NS | 1.11 | 0.98 | 1.25 | NS | 1.10 | 0.97 | 1.25 | NS | 1.11 | 0.98 | 1.25 | |
Notes. Limited to adults aged 16–59 years who completed the CSEW 2015/2016 self-completion modules. AOR adjusted odds ratio, 95% CIs 95% confidence intervals, LL lower limit, UL upper limit
Model 1: Childhood abuse count was entered in a regression, controlling for sociodemographics (sex, age, ethnicity, and deprivation quintiles)
Model 2: All childhood abuse types were entered in a regression, controlling for sociodemographics
Model 3: All childhood abuse types and childhood abuse count were entered into a regression, controlling for sociodemographics