Table 1.
Means, Standard Deviations, and Percentages for the Full Sample, Those Who Experienced IPV, and Those Who Did Not Experience IPV
| Full Sample (n=828) |
IPV (n=189) |
No IPV (n=639) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent Variables | |||
| Intimate Partner Violence (range =0-24) | 1.4 (3.7) | - | - |
| Independent Variables | |||
| Demographic Asymmetries | |||
| Educational Asymmetries | |||
| Male more educated | 18.1% | 19.6% | 17.7% |
| Education homogamy | 49.2% | 46.0% | 50.1% |
| Female more educated | 32.7% | 34.4% | 32.2% |
| Employment Asymmetries | |||
| Male employed, female unemployed | 15.6% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
| Both partners employed | 65.0 % | 45.0% | 70.9% |
| Both partners unemployed | 6.8% | 13.3% | 4.9% |
| Female employed, male unemployed | 12.7% | 21.2% | 10.2% |
| Race Asymmetries | |||
| Same-race | 80.9% | 69.3% | 84.4% |
| Interracial | 19.1% | 30.7% | 15.7% |
| Age Asymmetries | |||
| Male older | 23.3% | 29.1% | 21.6% |
| Age homogamy | 71.3% | 65.6% | 72.9% |
| Female older | 5.4% | 5.3% | 15.7% |
| Relational Asymmetries | |||
| Asymmetries in Investment | |||
| Male more invested | 8.7% | 9.0% | 8.6% |
| Investment homogamy | 71.0% | 57.1% | 75.1% |
| Female more invested | 20.3% | 66.1% | 16.3% |
| Asymmetries in Power | |||
| Male more influence | 8.5% | 18.5% | 5.5% |
| Influence homogamy | 74.0% | 55.6% | 79.5% |
| Female more influence | 17.5% | 25.9% | 15.0% |
| Asymmetries in Success | |||
| Male more successful | 11.6% | 10.6% | 11.9% |
| Success homogamy | 62.4% | 50.3% | 66.0% |
| Female more successful | 26. 0% | 39.2% | 22.1% |
| Risk Asymmetries | |||
| Asymmetries in Antisocial Behavior | |||
| Male, but not female antisocial | 8.3% | 16.9% | 3.6% |
| Both partners antisocial | 4.7% | 5.8% | 0.63% |
| Neither partner antisocial | 81.5% | 72.0% | 93.9% |
| Female, not male antisocial | 5.4% | 6.0% | 1.9% |
| Control Variables | |||
| Respondent Characteristics | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 45.8% | 46.0% | 45.7% |
| Female | 54.2% | 54.0% | 54.3% |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 69.3% | 54.5% | 73.7% |
| Black | 20.4% | 30.2% | 17.5% |
| Hispanic | 10.3% | 15.3% | 8.8% |
| Age (range = 22-29) | 25.4 (1.9) | 25.4 (1.8) | 25.5 (1.9) |
| Relationship Characteristics | |||
| Current Relationship | |||
| Current relationship | 80.7% | 78.8% | 81.2% |
| Most recent relationship | 19.3% | 21.2% | 18.8% |
| Union Status | |||
| Dating | 44.0% | 34.4% | 46.8% |
| Cohabiting | 31.5% | 41.8% | 28.5% |
| Married | 24.5% | 23.8% | 24.7% |
| Relationship Duration (range = 0-13 years) | 3.4 (2.9) | 4.0 (2.8) | 3.3 (2.9) |
| Presence of Children | |||
| Lives with children | 35.3% | 49.7% | 69.2% |
| Does not live with or have children | 64.7% | 50.3% | 30.8% |
| Parental Approval of Relationship (range = 1-5) | 4.0 (1.1) | 3.4 (1.2) | 4.2 (.93) |
| Friend Approval of Relationship (range = 1-5) | 3.9 (1.0) | 3.4 (1.2) | 4.1 (.93) |
Source: Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study
Note: Standard deviations are indicated under mean values and ranges are listed with continuous variables