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Table 5 Adjusted associations between socio-demographic and psychosocial factors and exposure to psychological and physical/sexual violence

From: Self-reported exposure to intimate partner violence among women and men in Sweden: results from a population-based survey

 

Psychological violence

Physical/sexual violence

 

Men: N = 399

Women: N = 573

Men: N = 399

Women: N = 573

Civil status

    

(Married/cohabitant/registered partnership/boy- or girlfriend vs. Single/widowed/divorced)

3.25 (1.68–6.28)

3.92 (2.32–6.63)

2.67 (1.23–5.83)

3.33 (1.92–5.76)

Access to social support

    

(Good vs. Poor/Moderate)

2.03 (1.27–3.25)

2.12 (1.44–3.12)

2.62 (1.42–4.83)

2.52 (1.66–3.84)

Growing up in a home where violence occurred

    

(No vs. Yes/Unsure)

2.47 (1.19–5.13)

3.09 (1.62–5.88)

4.03 (1.84–8.83)

2.15 (1.18–4.14)

Educational level

    

(Univ./High school vs. Compulsory)

0.45 (0.22–0.92)

0.48 (0.27–0.83)

-

-

Age groups

    

(30–65 vs. 18–29)

1.60 (0.85–3.01)

-

1.96 (0.91–4.21)

-

Partner’s country of birth

    

(Sweden vs. outside Sweden)

-

-

-

1.46 (0.82–2.60)

  1. Total sample n = 972.