From: Associations of financial stressors and physical intimate partner violence perpetration
Variable | Definition | Variable type |
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Logistic regression outcome variables | ||
 Making threats of physical IPV/minor physical IPV | How often have you threatened [partner] with violence, pushed or shoved (him/her), or thrown something at (him/her) that could hurt? | Dichotomous |
 Severe physical IPV | How often have you slapped, hit, or kicked [partner]? | Dichotomous |
 Physical IPV resulting in injury | How often has [partner] had an injury, such as a sprain, bruise, or cut because of a fight with you? | Dichotomous |
Multinomial regression outcome variables | ||
 Patterns of IPV perpetration | All possible mutually exclusive categories from the three logistic regression outcomes variables | Categorical |
Exposure variables | ||
 Utilities nonpayment | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD} didn’t pay the full amount of a gas, electricity, or oil bill because you didn’t have enough money? | Dichotomous |
 Housing nonpayment | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD} didn’t pay the full amount of the rent or mortgage because you didn’t have enough money? | Dichotomous |
 Food insecurity | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD WERE/WAS} worried whether food would run out before you would get money to buy more? | Dichotomous |
 No phone service | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD} was without phone service because you didn’t have enough money? | Dichotomous |
 Utilities turned off | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD} had the service turned off by the gas or electric company, or the oil company wouldn’t deliver, because payments were not made? | Dichotomous |
 Evicted | In the past 12 months, was there a time when {YOU/YOUR HOUSEHOLD} were evicted from your house or apartment for not paying the rent or mortgage? | Dichotomous |
 Number of financial stressors | Summed total of six possible financial stressors | Continuous |