The prevalence of exposure to domestic violence and the factors associated with co-occurrence of psychological and physical violence exposure: a sample from primary care patients

Table 3 Factors Associated with Exposure to Psychological and Physical Violence: A Multivariate Regression Model

	Domestic violence (%)		χ²	OR with 95% CI	p-value
	Psychol. (n = 78)	Psychol. and Physic. (n = 49)
Female gender	80.8	77.6	0.1	0.8 (0.24-2.75)	0.744
Age (in years)
18-35	28.2	30.6		1.0
36-49	26.9	30.6	0.1	0.8 (0.18-3.46)	0.765
50-64	29.5	20.4	0.1	0.8 (0.17-3.35)	0.708
65 or above	15.4	18.4	0.5	1.8 (0.33-9.61)	0.498
Marital status
single	11.5	18.4		1.0
in partnership	67.9	57.1	2.7	0.2 (0.05-1.32)	0.102
divorced	20.5	24.5	1.1	0.3 (0.04-2.76)	0.302
Residency
rural	30.8	30.6		1.0
suburbs	7.7	22.4	0.8	2.1 (0.40-10.92)	0.377
urban	61.5	46.9	0.3	0.7 (0.24-2.25)	0.590
Number of divorces
none	79.5	71.4		1.0
one	15.4	20.4	1.3	2.4 (0.55-10.10)	0.250
two	5.1	8.2	0.0	1.1 (0.10-12.84)	0.924
Number of children
none	21.8	22.4		1.0
one	30.8	18.4	0.2	0.7 (0.13-3.85)	0.698
two	37.2	34.7	0.0	1.2 (0.19-7.28)	0.864
three or more	10.3	24.5	0.5	2.1 (0.28-16.50)	0.464
Alcohol abuse in patient	15.4	44.9	7.4	4.7 (1.54-14.45)	0.007
Depression in patient	16.7	30.6	0.4	1.5 (0.45-5.20)	0.503
Low education in patient	17.9	36.7	0.6	0.6 (0.14-2.39)	0.454
Low income in the family	16.7	40.8	2.2	2.7 (0.73-9.71)	0.138
Smoking	16.7	22.4	0.8	0.5 (0.13-2.11)	0.367
Gastrointestinal disorder	12.8	26.5	1.0	2.0 (0.53-7.44)	0.312
Chronic pain	9.0	22.4	0.3	0.7 (0.15-2.88)	0.585
Unemployment	2.6	22.4	5.5	13.3 (1.53-116.45)	0.019

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