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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 6.

Comparison of chi-square and logistic regression analysis of predictors for perpetrating any form of IPV

	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	169(75.1)	1.48	0.887	0.529 – 1.485	202(62.3)	4.14^*	1.627	0.946 – 2.799
< 37 years (Ref)	322(79.2)		1	0.529 – 1.485	200(70.2)		1	0.946 – 2.799
Marital status
Not married	117(77.5)	0.12	0.711	0.428 – 1.181	120(77.4)	12.06^***	1.563	0.927 – 2.635
Married (Ref)	374(77.9)		1	0.428 – 1.181	282(62.1)		1	0.927 – 2.635
Level of education
Tertiary	200(82.6)	5.31^*	1.099	0.694 – 1.740	335(68.9)	9.15^**	2.029^**	1.306 – 3.152
Secondary (Ref)	291(74.8)		1	0.694 – 1.740	67(54.5)		1	1.306 – 3.152
Grade level/ Rank
Senior Officers	106(89.8)	12.14^***	2.561^**	1.264–5.190	182(58.9)	14.13^***	0.485^***	0.318–0.739
Junior Officers (Ref)	385(75.0)		1		220(73.3)		1
Childhood exposure to inter-parental IPV
Yes	109(90.8)	14.55^***	2.905^**	1.480–5.700	53(81.5)	0.01^**	1.997^*	1.005–3.967
No (Ref)	382(74.8)		1		349(64.2)		1
Ever had a physical fight with another woman
Yes	87(89.7)	9.36^**	2.458^**	1.217–4.965	49(86.0)	11.16^***	3.037^**	1.36–6.779
No (Ref)	404(75.5)		1		353(63.9)		1
Current use of alcohol
Yes	202(82.8)		1.236	0.806–1.897	125(76.7)		1.733^*	1.127–2.667
No (Ref)	287(74.7)		1		227(62.1)		1
		5.70^*				11.31^***
Length of years in relationship
≥ 11 years	108(70.1)	6.97^**	0.539^*	0.315 – 0.921	147(59.5)	7.81^**	0.683	0.413 – 1.130
< 11 years (Ref)	383(80.3)		1	0.315 – 0.921	255(70.4)		1	0.413 – 1.130

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

- p value < 0.05

^**

- p value < 0.01

^***

- p value < 0.001