Table 1.
General characteristics of ever-partnered whole population and victims and non-victims of intimate partner violence.
| All women | Non-IPV | IPV | OR | (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 40,357 | (%) | N = 19,485 | (%) | N = 20,872 | (%) | |||
| Age | ||||||||
| MD (N = 65) | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 7,528 | (18.7) | 3,130 | (16.1) | 4,398 | (21.1) | Ref | |
| 30–39 | 7,992 | (19.8) | 3,484 | (17.9) | 4,508 | (21.6) | 0.92 | (0.82–1.03) |
| 40–49 | 8,368 | (20.7) | 4,075 | (20.9) | 4,293 | (20.6) | 0.75 | (0.66–0.85) |
| 50–59 | 7,574 | (18.8) | 3,850 | (19.8) | 3,724 | (17.8) | 0.69 | (0.60–0.78) |
| ≥60 | 8,829 | (21.9) | 4,918 | (25.2) | 3,912 | (18.7) | 0.57 | (0.50–0.64) |
| Highest level of education | ||||||||
| MD (N = 148) | ||||||||
| Primary | 14,791 | (36.7) | 7,663 | (39.3) | 7,128 | (34.2) | Ref | |
| Secondary | 17,335 | (43.0) | 8,090 | (41.5) | 9,245 | (44.3) | 1.23 | (1.14–1.33) |
| Tertiary | 8,083 | (20.0) | 3,665 | (18.8) | 4,418 | (21.2) | 1.30 | (1.18–1.42) |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| MD (N = 131) | ||||||||
| Paid work | 21,071 | (52.2) | 9,575 | (49.1) | 11,496 | (55.1) | Ref | |
| Retired | 6,825 | (16.9) | 3,773 | (19.4) | 3,053 | (14.6) | 0.67 | (0.61–0.74) |
| Homemaker | 5,326 | (13.2) | 2,968 | (15.2) | 2,359 | (11.3) | 0.66 | (0.59–0.74) |
| Student, in training | 2,439 | (6.0) | 1,097 | (5.6) | 1,342 | (6.4) | 1.02 | (0.83–1.26) |
| Unemployed | 3,472 | (8.6) | 1,566 | (8.0) | 1,907 | (9.1) | 1.01 | (0.88–1.17) |
| Other | 1,093 | (2.7) | 418 | (2.1) | 674 | (3.2) | 1.34 | (1.08–1.67) |
| Employment during past 12 months | 14,702 | (36.4) | 1,778 | (9.1) | 2,452 | (11.7) | 1.62 | (1.41–1.86) |
| MD (N = 21,425) | ||||||||
| Occupation type | ||||||||
| MD (N = 258) | ||||||||
| Employed | 16,708 | (41.4) | 7,901 | (40.5) | 8,807 | (42.2) | Ref | |
| Farmer or fisherwomen | 816 | (2.0) | 446 | (2.3) | 370 | (1.8) | 0.74 | (0.55–1.00) |
| Professional | 1,462 | (3.6) | 615 | (3.2) | 847 | (4.1) | 1.24 | (1.02–1.51) |
| Owner | 2,265 | (5.6) | 1,073 | (5.5) | 1,192 | (5.7) | 1.00 | (0.84–1.18) |
| Management | 4,874 | (12.1) | 2,267 | (11.6) | 2,608 | (12.5) | 1.03 | (0.92–1.16) |
| Supervisor | 266 | (0.7) | 101 | (0.5) | 165 | (0.8) | 1.47 | (0.96–2.26) |
| Manual worker/servant | 10,162 | (25.2) | 4,807 | (24.7) | 5,355 | (25.7) | 1.00 | (0.91–1.10) |
| Never done paid work | 3,546 | (8.8) | 2,126 | (10.9) | 1,420 | (6.8) | 0.60 | (0.52–0.68) |
| Citizen | 39,006 | (96.7) | 18,949 | (97.2) | 20,057 | (96.1) | 0.69 | (0.56–0.87) |
| MD (N = 46) | ||||||||
| At least one migrated parent | 4,844 | (12.0) | 2,026 | (10.4) | 2,818 | (13.5) | 1.48 | (1.14–1.93) |
| MD (N = 442) | ||||||||
| Type of locality | ||||||||
| MD (N = 226) | ||||||||
| Urban | 28,082 | (69.6) | 12,997 | (66.7) | 15,085 | (72.3) | Ref | |
| Rural | 12,049 | (29.9) | 6,354 | (32.6) | 5,696 | (27.3) | 0.62 | (0.55–0.69) |
| Married or in a civil partnership | 24,754 | (61.3) | 13,420 | (68.9) | 11,333 | (54.3) | 0.54 | (0.49–0.58) |
| MD (N = 114) | ||||||||
| Cohabitation with a partner | 26,286 | (65.1) | 13,352 | (68.5) | 12,993 | (62.0) | 0.75 | (0.68–0.82) |
| MD (N = 487) | ||||||||
| Children | ||||||||
| MD (N = 47) | 30,234 | (74.9) | 16,246 | (83.4) | 13,988 | (67.0) | 0.40 | (0.37–0.44) |
| Number of people living in the household | ||||||||
| Under the age of 18 | ||||||||
| MD (N = 872) | ||||||||
| 0 | 21,982 | (54.5) | 10,333 | (53.0) | 11,650 | (55.8) | Ref | |
| 1 | 8,075 | (20.0) | 3,969 | (20.4) | 4,106 | (19.7) | 0.92 | (0.84–1.00) |
| 2 or more | 9,429 | (23.4) | 4,810 | (24.7) | 4,619 | (22.1) | 0.85 | (0.78–0.93) |
| Aged 18 and over | ||||||||
| MD (N = 336) | ||||||||
| 1 | 6,507 | (16.1) | 2,592 | (13.3) | 3,915 | (18.8) | Ref | |
| 2 or more | 33,514 | (83.0) | 16,745 | (85.9) | 16,769 | (80.3) | 0.66 | (0.60–0.73) |
| Last relationship | ||||||||
| MD (N = 3,114) | ||||||||
| No | 13,402 | (33.2) | 9,363 | (47.0) | 4,239 | (20.3) | Ref | |
| Separation | 16,697 | (41.4) | 6,008 | (30.8) | 10,688 | (51.2) | 3.85 | (3.55–4.17) |
| Divorce | 4,291 | (10.6) | 964 | (4.9) | 3,327 | (15.9) | 7.46 | (6.50–8.57) |
| Widowhood | 2,854 | (7.1) | 1,604 | (8.2) | 1,250 | (6.0) | 1.68 | (1.48–1.92) |
| Perceived healthiness | ||||||||
| MD (N = 26) | ||||||||
| Good | 29,095 | (72.1) | 14,595 | (74.9) | 14,500 | (69.5) | Ref | |
| Fair | 8,466 | (21.0) | 3,778 | (19.4) | 4,688 | (22.5) | 1.25 | (1.14–1.37) |
| Bad | 2,770 | (6.9) | 1,101 | (5.7) | 1,669 | (8.0) | 1.53 | (1.31–1.78) |
| Limitation | 5,583 | (13.8) | 2,186 | (11.2) | 3,397 | (16.3) | 1.54 | (1.40–1.70) |
| MD (N = 70) | ||||||||
| Perceived disability | 1,823 | (4.5) | 678 | (3.5) | 1,145 | (5.5) | 1.14 | (0.92–1.42) |
| MD (N = 34,863) | ||||||||
| Violence before the age of 15 | 14,343 | (35.5) | 4,858 | (24.9) | 9,465 | (45.4) | 2.53 | (2.33–2.75) |
| MD (N = 37) | ||||||||
| Domestic violence before the age of 15 | 11,442 | (28.4) | 3,718 | (19.1) | 7,724 | (37.0) | 2.52 | (2.31–2.74) |
| MD (N = 37) | ||||||||
Source: FRA Violence Against Women Survey dataset, 2012.
IPV, being a victim of intimate partner violence; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MD, missing data.
IPV population is compared to the non-IPV population for each variable (e.g., age), and results are given by OR.
For each variable, the reference category is indicated as “Ref” (e.g., for age, the 18–29 age class is the category of reference for OR).
When not specified, “no” is used as a reference.
OR computed with logistic regression models.
MD was considered as a category.