Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Respondents by Type of Lifetime Intimate Partner Violence Reported—U.S. Men, NISVS 2010–2012.
| Demographic Trait | No Intimate Partner Violencea | Any Intimate Partner Violencea,b | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample n | Wtd % | (95% CI) | Estimated No. of Victims | Sample n | Wtd % | (95% CI) | Estimated No. of Victims | |
| Age group d | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 895 | 12.6 | (11.5–13.8) | 6,911,000 | 1160 | 15.0 | (13.9–16.2) | 8,826,000 |
| 25–34 | 1346 | 15.9 | (14.8–17.1) | 8,715,000 | 1787 | 20.1 | (18.9–21.4) | 11,844,000 |
| 35–44 | 1186 | 16.2 | (14.9–17.6) | 8,891,000 | 1652 | 20.4 | (19.2–21.8) | 12,022,000 |
| 45–54 | 1639 | 17.0 | (15.8–18.3) | 9,341,000 | 1974 | 20.0 | (18.8–21.3) | 11,782,000 |
| ≥ 55 | 4094 | 38.3 | (36.7–39.8) | 20,981,000 | 2783 | 24.4 | (23.2–25.7) | 14,368,000 |
| Race/ethnicity d | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 680 | 14.0 | (12.7–15.5) | 7,748,000 | 836 | 15.2 | (13.9–16.5) | 8,947,000 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 606 | 9.5 | (8.5–10.6) | 5,221,000 | 849 | 12.7 | (11.6–13.9) | 7,506,000 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 7212 | 67.8 | (66.1–69.5) | 37,419,000 | 6941 | 65.9 | (64.4–67.4) | 38,918,000 |
| Non-Hispanic otherc | 684 | 8.5 | (7.5–9.6) | 4,693,000 | 731 | 6.0 | (5.4–6.8) | 3,568,000 |
| Education d | ||||||||
| Did not graduate high school | 679 | 10.4 | (9.2–11.7) | 5,720,000 | 747 | 10.3 | (9.4–11.4) | 6,095,000 |
| High-school graduate | 2277 | 25.0 | (23.6–26.5) | 13,792,000 | 2548 | 27.4 | (26.1–28.8) | 16,201,000 |
| Some college | 2216 | 23.0 | (21.7–24.3) | 12,672,000 | 2852 | 29.8 | (28.4–31.2) | 17,584,000 |
| College graduate | 4022 | 41.6 | (40.0–43.2) | 22,935,000 | 3231 | 32.4 | (31–33.8) | 19,118,000 |
| Income d | ||||||||
| <25,000 | 1930 | 26.3 | (24.8–27.9) | 14,503,000 | 2529 | 31.0 | (29.5–32.4) | 18,272,000 |
| 25,000 to <50,000 | 1945 | 20.3 | (19.0–21.6) | 11,199,000 | 2096 | 22.3 | (21–23.6) | 13,145,000 |
| 50,000 to <75,000 | 1406 | 12.2 | (11.3–13.1) | 6,710,000 | 1446 | 14.1 | (13–15.1) | 8,296,000 |
| ≥75,000 | 3163 | 31.1 | (29.7–32.5) | 17,155,000 | 2794 | 26.4 | (25.1–27.7) | 15,580,000 |
| Missing | 759 | 10.2 | (9.1–11.3) | 5,610,000 | 516 | 6.3 | (5.6–7.1) | 3,741,000 |
CI: confidence interval.
Denominator for percentages is non-intimate partner violence victims and intimate partner violence victims, respectively.
The sum of percentages across demographic traits within victimization types may not sum to 100% due to rounding and missing values.
Includes any psychological aggression/reproductive coercion, pushed/slapped/shoved, severe physical violence, stalking, non-penetrative sexual violence, or penetrative sexual violence by an intimate partner in lifetime.
Includes Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native and Multiracial.
p-value < 0.01, chi-square test for the association between intimate partner violence (no/yes) and the corresponding demographic characteristic.