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Table 1 Estimated proportion and 95 % confidence estimates of exposure to financial stressors and perpetration of three forms of physical IPV

From: Associations of financial stressors and physical intimate partner violence perpetration

 

Men

Women

Difference

 

Percent (95 % CI)

P-valuea

Financial stressors

 Number of financial stressors

  

<.0001

  None

77.2 (75.4–79.1)

72.3 (70.2–74.5)

 

  1–2

16.3 (14.2–18.4)

18.8 (16.8–20.8)

 

  3–4

5.2 (4.1–6.2)

7.3 (6.0–8.6)

 

  5–6

1.4 (0.9–1.8)

1.5 (1.0–2.0)

 

 Utilities nonpayment

   

  Yes

12.7 (11.5–14.0)

17.6 (15.7–19.4)

<.0001

  No

87.3 (86.0–88.5)

82.4 (80.6–84.3)

 

 Housing nonpayment

   

  Yes

9.4 (8.4–10.4)

10.2 (9.0–11.3)

.26

  No

90.6 (89.6–91.6)

89.8 (88.7–91.0)

 

 Food insecurity

   

  Yes

9.9 (8.7–11.1)

14.0 (12.6–15.3)

<.0001

  No

90.1 (88.9–91.3)

86.0 (84.7–87.4)

 

 No phone service

   

  Yes

7.8 (6.8–8.8)

10.4 (9.3–11.5)

<.0001

  No

92.2 (91.2–93.2)

89.6 (88.5–90.7)

 

 Utilities turned off

   

  Yes

5.4 (4.6–6.3)

5.4 (4.6–6.1)

.82

  No

94.6 (93.7–95.4)

94.7 (93.9–95.4)

 

 Evicted

   

  Yes

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

.93

  No

99.0 (95.6–99.3)

98.9 (98.6–99.3)

 

Intimate partner violence perpetration

 Threats/Minor physical

  

  Yes

6.7 (5.7–7.5)

11.4 (10.1–12.7)

<.0001

  No

93.4 (92.5–94.3)

88.6 (87.3–89.9)

 

 Severe physical

   

  Yes

3.4 (2.9–4.0)

8.8 (7.8–9.9)

<.0001

  No

96.6 (96.0–97.2)

91.2 (90.1–92.2)

 

 If Yes to physical, caused injury

  

  Yes

32.0 (25.6–38.5)

21.0 (17.7–24.4)

.003

  No

68.0 (61.5–74.4)

79.0 (75.6–82.3)

 
  1. aChi-square test