Table 2.
General characteristics of current partners of the whole population and victims and non-victims of intimate partner violence.
| All current partners | Non-IPV | IPV | OR | (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 31,222 | (%) | N = 20,199 | (%) | N = 11,023 | (%) | |||
| Age | ||||||||
| MD (N = 990) | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 3,963 | (12.7) | 2,166 | (10.7) | 1,797 | (16.3) | Ref | |
| 30–39 | 6,056 | (19.4) | 3,640 | (18.0) | 2,417 | (21.9) | 0.80 | (0.69–0.93) |
| 40–49 | 6,800 | (21.8) | 4,607 | (22.8) | 2,193 | (19.9) | 0.57 | (0.48–0.68) |
| 50–59 | 6,208 | (19.9) | 4,202 | (20.8) | 2,007 | (18.2) | 0.58 | (0.49–0.67) |
| ≥60 | 7,205 | (23.1) | 4,735 | (23.4) | 2,470 | (22.4) | 0.63 | (0.53–0.74) |
| Highest level of education | ||||||||
| MD (N = 1,251) | ||||||||
| Primary | 2,352 | (7.5) | 1,438 | (7.1) | 914 | (8.3) | Ref | |
| Secondary | 21,664 | (69.4) | 13,905 | (68.8) | 7,759 | (70.4) | 0.88 | (0.76–1.01) |
| Tertiary | 5,956 | (19.1) | 3,841 | (19.0) | 3,115 | (19.3) | 0.87 | (0.73–1.03) |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| MD (N = 1,041) | ||||||||
| Paid work | 21,465 | (68.7) | 13,798 | (68.3) | 7,666 | (69.5) | Ref | |
| Retired | 5,639 | (18.1) | 3,656 | (18.1) | 1,983 | (18.0) | 0.98 | (0.88–10.8) |
| Homemaker | 149 | (0.5) | 69 | (0.3) | 80 | (0.7) | 2.08 | (1.20–3.63) |
| Student, in training | 843 | (2.7) | 520 | (2.6) | 323 | (2.9) | 1.12 | (0.81–1.55) |
| Unemployed | 1,416 | (4.5) | 843 | (4.2) | 573 | (5.2) | 1.22 | (1.00–1.50) |
| Other | 669 | (2.1) | 417 | (2.1) | 251 | (2.3) | 1.08 | (0.84–1.39) |
| Occupation type | ||||||||
| MD (N = 1,188) | ||||||||
| Employed | 7,081 | (22.7) | 4,566 | (22.6) | 2,515 | (22.8) | Ref | |
| Farmer or fisherwomen | 900 | (2.9) | 568 | (2.8) | 332 | (3.0) | 1.06 | (0.81–1.39) |
| Professional | 1,365 | (4.4) | 846 | (4.2) | 518 | (4.7) | 1.11 | (0.93–1.32) |
| Owner | 3,149 | (10.1) | 2,020 | (10.0) | 1,130 | (10.2) | 1.02 | (0.88–1.17) |
| Management | 5,044 | (16.2) | 3,243 | (16.1) | 1,801 | (16.3) | 1.01 | (0.88–1.15) |
| Supervisor | 656 | (2.1) | 448 | (2.2) | 209 | (1.9) | 0.85 | (0.61–1.17) |
| Manual worker/servant | 11,184 | (35.8) | 7,103 | (35.2) | 4,081 | (37.0) | 1.04 | (0.94–1.16) |
| Never done paid work | 655 | (2.1) | 428 | (2.1) | 227 | (2.1) | 0.96 | (0.70–1.34) |
| Drunkenness | ||||||||
| MD (N = 1,364) | ||||||||
| Less than a couple of times a month | 28,955 | (92.7) | 18,713 | (92.6) | 10,242 | (92.9) | Ref | |
| One or two times a week | 674 | (2.2) | 304 | (1.5) | 371 | (3.4) | 2.23 | (1.71–2.90) |
| Every day | 229 | (0.7) | 66 | (0.3) | 163 | (1.5) | 4.53 | (3.01–6.80) |
| Violence outside the family | 2,205 | (7.1) | 1,012 | (5.0) | 1,213 | (11.0) | 2.32 | (1.94–2.77) |
| MD (N = 2,024) | ||||||||
| Earning | ||||||||
| MD (N = 2,719) | ||||||||
| Roughly the same than woman | 5,864 | (18.8) | 3,770 | (18.7) | 2,093 | (19.0) | Ref | |
| More than woman | 19,179 | (61.4) | 12,416 | (61.5) | 6,763 | (61.4) | 0.98 | (0.88–1.09) |
| Less than woman | 3,461 | (11.1) | 2,001 | (9.9) | 1,460 | (13.2) | 1.31 | (1.13–1.53) |
| Length of relation with woman | ||||||||
| MD (N = 1,518) | ||||||||
| < 1 year | 1,074 | (3.4) | 743 | (3.7) | 331 | (3.0) | Ref | |
| 1–10 years | 9,504 | (30.4) | 5,085 | (25.2) | 4,419 | (40.1) | 1.95 | (1.42–2.69) |
| 11–20 years | 6,112 | (19.6) | 4,138 | (20.5) | 1,974 | (17.9) | 1.07 | (0.78–1.48) |
| 20–30 years | 5,260 | (16.8) | 3,655 | (18.1) | 1,605 | (14.6) | 0.99 | (0.71–1.37) |
| >30 years | 7,755 | (24.8) | 5,419 | (26.8) | 2,336 | (21.2) | 0.97 | (0.70–1.34) |
Source: FRA Violence Against Women Survey dataset, 2012.
IPV, being the current partner of a victim of intimate partner violence; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MD, missing data.
IPV current partner population is compared to the non-IPV current partner 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.