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Table 1 Distribution of observed participant characteristics by domestic violence perpetration category in the LIFE Experiences Study

From: Life experiences associated with change in perpetration of domestic violence

 

Total (n = 1617)

Persisters (n = 154)

Desisters (n = 128)

Late-Onsetters (n = 87)

Never Perpetrators (n = 1248)

p-valuea

  

% (n)

Primary predictors

Risk factors

  Loss of support

6.9 (107)

1.9 (11)

12.7 (9)

27.0 (13)

5.6 (74)

0.04

  Loss of food security

9.8 (184)

1.8 (12)

7.6 (15)

19.4 (21)

10.2 (136)

0.06

  Loss of housing

15.2 (268)

26.4 (25)

23.5 (27)

26.1 (30)

12.7 (186)

0.20

Protective factor

  Substance use cessation

13.5 (189)

5.2 (7)

41.2 (38)

1.5 (5)

12.0 (139)

< 0.001

Covariates

 Male

39.4 (643)

32.1 (52)

49.6 (49)

31.4 (33)

39.5 (509)

0.53

 Ageb

  31–40

16.6 (194)

17.7 (13)

24.2 (22)

16.2 (5)

15.7 (154)

0.18

  41–50

32.8 (375)

19.7 (39)

49.1 (38)

14.3 (15)

33.3 (283)

  51–60

28.9 (516)

39.3 (53)

13.3 (33)

48.8 (43)

28.5 (387)

  61+

21.7 (532)

23.4 (49)

13.4 (35)

20.7 (24)

22.5 (424)

 Race/ethnicity

  White

67.5 (1076)

39.5 (75)

66.1 (75)

49.1 (57)

71.3 (869)

0.003

  Black

8.2 (190)

18.6 (34)

3.4 (15)

15.3 (11)

7.3 (130)

  Hispanic

7.0 (111)

2.6 (12)

20.2 (18)

7.6 (6)

5.9 (75)

  All other

17.4 (240)

39.4 (33)

10.3 (20)

28.1 (13)

15.5 (174)

 Income

   ≤ $5000

34.2 (579)

45.1 (71)

41.8 (41)

44.8 (34)

31.9 (433)

0.71

   > $5000 – $10,000

18.5 (379)

17.2 (35)

22.2 (33)

16.3 (21)

18.3 (290)

   > $10,000 – $20,000

18.5 (358)

15.2 (28)

8.5 (31)

11.5 (19)

20.2 (280)

   > $20,000

28.9 (301)

22.5 (20)

27.6 (23)

27.4 (13)

29.7 (245)

 Childhood abuse

55.2 (1015)

91.5 (129)

69.8 (102)

85.0 (70)

48.7 (714)

< 0.001

 Childhood bullying

53.2 (914)

73.6 (93)

65.5 (91)

53.2 (54)

50.0 (676)

0.10

 Childhood support

68.0 (1061)

58.9 (85)

61.8 (76)

55.0 (49)

70.2 (851)

0.41

 Physical DV victimization

35.4 (682)

64.2 (113)

53.5 (82)

69.4 (59)

28.9 (428)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Percentages shown are survey weighted. Sample sizes are unweighted, and variables are presented with no imputation for missingness. Missing data: DV perpetration (n = 251, 12%), loss of support (n = 240, 11%), loss of food security (n = 260, 12%), loss of housing (n = 104, 5%), substance use cessation (n = 248, 12%), covariates (n = 201, 9%)
  2. ap values based χ2-tests
  3. bAge is included as a continuous variable in the analysis but is shown descriptively in categories in this table