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Table 1 Characteristics (%) of men and women exposed (yes) and unexposed (no) to physical violence during the past year

From: Experience of physical violence and mental health among young men and women: a population-based study in Sweden

 

Men

Women

 

Physical violence

Physical violence

 

Yes

No

Yes

No

Psychological health

    

Good

79.3

81.2

49.5

73.5

Poor

20.7

18.8

50.5

26.5

Age

    

18-24

68.7

38.8

54.5

40.3

25-34

31.3

61.2

45.5

59.7

Country of origin

    

Sweden

89.8

81.5

82.1

81.4

Other Nordic countries

1.1

2.4

0.9

2.4

The rest of Europe

2.7

9.1

7.5

8.1

Outside Europe

6.5

7.0

9.4

8.1

Socioeconomic status

    

Higher non-manual

4.5

9.0

1.4

7.3

Medium non-manual

2.5

12.0

9.1

15.1

Lower non-manual

4.5

4.7

8.7

8.4

Skilled manual

12.9

11.4

13.9

8.5

Unskilled manual

21.8

15.2

22.1

14.5

Self-employed/farmer

2.2

4.0

0.5

2.3

Early retired

0.3

0.4

1.4

0.5

Unemployed

10.4

6.0

11.1

6.4

Student

23.8

23.0

22.1

26.6

Unclassified

16.8

13.6

8.7

9.4

Long term sick leave

0.3

0.6

1.0

1.0

Economic stress

    

Never

64.2

74.1

48.1

65.2

Occasionally

26.8

18.1

28.1

24.7

Half the year

3.4

4.4

14.3

5.4

Every month

5.6

3.4

9.5

4.8

Alcohol risk consumption

    

No

46.5

71.1

59.0

79.6

Yes

53.5

28.9

41.0

20.4

Emotional support

    

High

62.0

68.2

48.8

75.2

Low

38.0

31.8

51.2

24.8

Instrumental support

    

High

73.9

79.5

68.2

80.4

Low

26.1

20.5

31.8

19.6

Trust (horizontal)

    

High

42.7

60.5

37.2

56.1

Low

57.3

39.5

62.8

43.9

  1. Prevalences (%) of psychological health, age, country of origin, socioeconomic status, economic stress, alcohol risk consumption, emotional support, instrumental support and trust among men and women who had/had not experienced physical violence during the past year. Men (n = 2,624), women (n = 3,569), and total (n = 6,193) aged 18–34 years. The public health survey in Skåne 2008.