Table 4. Selected characteristics of the phenomenon of violence in households with children.
| TOTAL N = 468% | Psychological violence against adult n = 442 | Physical violence against adult n = 393 | Psychological violence against child n = 159 | Physical violence against child n = 119 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row % | Chi2, p-value | Row % | Chi2, p-value | Row % | Chi2, p-value | Row % | Chi2, p-value | ||
| Age the violent person | |||||||||
| 18-40 | 45.1 | 44.1 | 0.198 | 47.3 | 0.084 | 44.1 | 0.256 | 46.2 | 0.613 |
| 41-60 | 33.1 | 33.9 | 0.124 | 31.3 | 0.061 | 34.6 | 0.256 | 30.3 | 0.596 |
| 61-80 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||||
| lack of data | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 20.0 | 21.8 | ||||
| Degree of relatedness between the violent person and the person experiencing violence | |||||||||
| spouse | 51.3 | 54.1 | 55.0 | 56.0 | 51.3 | ||||
| no relationship (e.g. cohabitee) | 26.9 | 26.7 | 27.0 | 24.5 | 23.5 | ||||
| ascendant | 9.4 | 6.8 | 71.398 | 6.1 | 37.197 | 10.1 | 9.042 | 16.0 | 10.347 |
| descendant | 5.8 | 5.9 | 0.000** | 5.3 | 0.000** | 3.8 | 0.107 | 4.2 | 0.066 |
| collateral | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 1.7 | ||||
| stranger (e.g. neighbor) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||||
| Duration of violence | |||||||||
| 1-4 weeks | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2-12 months | 28.2 | 28.3 | 9.865 | 28.5 | 4.761 | 25.8 | 11.708 | 21.0 | 10.689 |
| 1-3 years | 29.7 | 30.3 | 0.043** | 30.0 | 0.313 | 28.9 | 0.020** | 27.7 | 0.030** |
| 4-7 years | 15.4 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 20.1 | 20.2 | ||||
| longer | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 12.6 | ||||
| Violent person was punished for the crime of violence or threat of its use | 12.2 | 12.2 | 0.002 | 12.7 | 0.612 | 11.9 | 0.144 | 12.6 | 1.163 |
| 0.962 | 0.434 | 0.705 | 0.281 | ||||||
| Violent person abuses alcohol | 67.5 | 69.5 | 8.192 | 69.7 | 2.594 | 78.0 | 6.567 | 69.7 | 0.456 |
| 0.004** | 0.107 | 0.010** | 0.500 | ||||||
| Violent person abuses narcotic, psychotropic or medical drugs | 10.9 | 11.3 | 0.841 | 11.5 | 0.638 | 11.9 | 0.831 | 10.1 | 0.015 |
| 0.359 | 0.425 | 0.362 | 0.901 | ||||||
| Violent person was treated psychiatrically | 10.0 | 10.2 | 0.013 | 9.9 | 0.059 | 13.8 | 3.267 | 13.4 | 2.659 |
| 0.910 | 0.808 | 0.071** | 0.103 | ||||||
| Violent person owns a gun | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.280 | 1.5 | 0.675 | 2.5 | 0.707 | 1.7 | 0.667 |
| 0.597 | 0.411 | 0.400 | 0.414 | ||||||
| Alcohol content level in violent person’s blood | |||||||||
| 0.2-1.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| 1.1-2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.253 | 12.7 | 1.679 | 17.0 | 0.070 | 16.0 | 0.053 |
| 2.1-3.0 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 0.263 | 17.8 | 0.195 | 15.1 | 0.791 | 16.8 | 0.817 |
| 3.1-4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | ||||
| Violent person’s behavior: difficulty in establishing contacts | 18.8 | 19.2 | 0.320 | 19.1 | 0.061 | 24.5 | 20.032 | 21.0 | 1.470 |
| 0.572 | 0.805 | 0.000** | 0.225 | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: calm | 20.3 | 19.7 | 4.159 | 20.4 | 0.539 | 17.6 | 2.496 | 23.5 | 0.234 |
| 0.041** | 0.463 | 0.114 | 0.629 | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: tearful | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.085 | 7.1 | 4.276 | 6.3 | 1.782 | 5.9 | 2.399 |
| 0.004** | 0.039** | 0.182 | 0.121 | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: frightened | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.937 | 1.0 | 0.618 | 1.3 | 0.091 | 2.5 | 3.187 |
| 0.047** | 0.432 | 0.763 | 0.074** | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: avoids conversation | 14.5 | 15.2 | 2.237 | 14.5 | 0.315 | 21.4 | 14.151 | 21.8 | 6.835 |
| 0.135 | 0.574 | 0.000** | 0.009** | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: aggressive | 34.0 | 35.7 | 12.726 | 36.1 | 3.201 | 38.4 | 3.180 | 36.1 | 0.042 |
| 0.000** | 0.074** | 0.075** | 0.839 | ||||||
| Violent person’s behavior: resists the police | 12.4 | 13.1 | 3.315 | 12.5 | 0.257 | 20.1 | 9.310 | 16.8 | 0.846 |
| 0.069** | 0.612 | 0.002** | 0.358 | ||||||
| Psychological violence against child | 34.0 | 33.5 | 0.020 | 32.1 | 2.692 | - | - | - | - |
| 0.889 | 0.101 | ||||||||
| Physical violence against child | 25.4 | 22.9 | 12.457 | 25.2 | 0.049 | - | - | - | - |
| 0.000** | 0.824 | ||||||||
| Psychological violence against adult | 94.4 | - | - | - | - | 93.1 | 0.020 | 84.9 | 12.457 |
| 0.889 | 0.000** | ||||||||
| Physical violence against adult | 84.0 | - | - | - | - | 79.2 | 2.692 | 83.2 | 0.049 |
| 0.101 | 0.824 | ||||||||
The data do not ad dup to 100% due to gaps in BCs.
** p< .05 *** .091 >p> .051