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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2020 Jul 16;70(4):1204–1211. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1790570

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the total sample.

Characteristic N (%)
Total sample 354
Age (mean, SD) 20.88 (2.31)
Age discrepancy with partner (mean, SD) 2.10 (3.43)
Race
 White 238 (67.2)
 Black or African American 69 (19.5)
 Asian 40 (11.3)
 American Indian or Alaskan Native 9 (2.5)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 (2.0)
 Other 19 (5.4)
Ethnicity
 Spanish/Hispanic/Latina 48 (13.6)
 Not Spanish/Hispanic/ Latina 303 (85.6)
School enrollment
 Full time 275 (77.7)
 Part time 41 (11.6)
 Did not answer 38 (10.7)
Type of school
 Community college 60 (17.0)
 Four-year state college or university 158 (44.6)
 4-year private college or university 113 (31.9)
 Other 23 (6.5)
Current student status
 Undergraduate 332 (93.8)
 Graduate student 20 (5.7)
 Did not answer 2 (0.6)
Partner’s identified gender
 Male 324 (91.5)
 Female 29 (8.2)
 Did not answer 1 (0.3)
Relationship status
 Boyfriend/girlfriend 59 (16.7)
 Ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend 241 (68.1)
 Casual/hookup/friends with benefits 17 (4.8)
 Married or married like relationship 9 (2.5)
 Were in a married or married like relationship 7 (2.0)
 Don’t know 9 (2.5)
 Other 12 (3.4)
Living situation
 Live off campus 209 (63.5)
 Live on campus 120 (36.5)
Living with or effectively living with partner
 Yes 63 (18.6)
 No 277 (81.4)
Partner enrolled in any school (HS or college)
 Yes 176 (51.6)
 No 165 (48.4)
On again/off again relationship?
 Yes 130 (37.6)
 No 216 (62.4)
Reproductive coercion
Partner tried to get you pregnant when you didn’t want to be (e.g. by telling you not to use birth control, messing with your birth control, not using condoms, breaking condoms) 52 (14.7)
Prevented a pregnancy by using emergency contraception (Plan B, ella, Take Action, My Way, etc.) or ended a pregnancy using other methods, and did not tell partner about it because you were afraid of your partner 59 (16.7)
Experienced any form of RC in past 6 months 86 (24.3)
Severity of IPV
Missed class due to relationship problems
 Yes 167 (49.4)
 No 171 (50.6)
CAS score - mean (SD) 0.95 (0.6)
Tech abuse count - mean (SD) 3.16 (2.1)
1 or more TBI events
 Yes 98 (27.8)
 No 254 (72.2)
Substance abuse
Alcohol abuse
 Yes 179 (50.9)
 No 173 (49.2)
Drug abuse
 Yes 162 (46.0)
 No 190 (54.0)