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Published in final edited form as: J Fam Violence. 2021 Jan 12;37(3):43–448. doi: 10.1007/s10896-020-00235-4

Table 4.

Comparison of chi-square and logistic regression analysis of predictors for perpetrating psychological abuse

	Military personnel n = 631				Civil servants n = 609
	Chi-square analysis (χ²)		Logistic regression		Chi-square Analysis (χ²)		Logistic regression

Predictors	Yes	χ²	OR	95% CI	Yes	χ²	OR	95% CI
Age
≥ 37 years	95(42.2)	0.76	1.019	0.662 – 1.569	105(32.4)	0.47	1.708	0.985–2.963
< 37 years (Ref)	157(38.7)		1	0.662 – 1.569	85(29.8)		1
Marital status
Not married	52(34.4)	2.50	0.627^*	0.405–0.973	50(32.3)	0.11	1.074	0.648–1.780
Married (Ref)	200(41.7)		1		140(30.8)		1
Level of education
Tertiary	112(46.3)	6.59^**	1.365	0.919 – 2.027	160(32.9)	3.33	1.697^*	1.035–2.780
Secondary (Ref)	140(36.0)		1	0.919 – 2.027	30(24.4)		1
Grade level/ Rank
Senior Officers	57(48.3)	4.24^*	0.964	0.586–1.587	92(29.8)	0.59	0.707	0.457–1.092
Junior Officers (Ref)	195(38.0)		1		98(32.7)		1
Childhood exposure to inter-parental IPV
Yes	66(55.0)	14.02^***	1.747^**	1.135 – 2.689	37(56.9)	22.43^***	2.757^***	1.583 – 4.802
No (Ref)	186(36.4)		1	1.135 – 2.689	153(28.1)		1	1.583 – 4.802
Ever had a physical fight with another woman
Yes	60(61.9)	22.96^***	2.615^***	1.642 – 4.165	35(61.4)	26.73^***	3.302^***	1.821 – 5.988
No (Ref)	192(36.0)		1	1.642 – 4.165	155(28.1)		1	1.821 – 5.988
Current use of alcohol
Yes	122(50.0)	16.80^***	1.660^**	1.168–2.358	61(37.4)	4.02^*	1.195	1.797–1.790
No (Ref)	130(33.6)		1		129(28.9)		1
Length of years in relationship
≥ 11 years	62(40.3)	0.01	0.894	0.558–1.433	75(30.4)	0.14	0.757	0.455–1.262
< 11 years (Ref)	190(39.8)		1		115(31.8)		1

Ref - Reference value; OR - Odds ratio; CI - Confidence interval

- p value < 0.05

^**

- p value < 0.01

^***

- p value < 0.001