Gender-specific differences in risk for intimate partner violence in South Korea

Lee, Minjee; Stefani, Katherine M; Park, Eun-Cheol

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-415

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Descriptive data across the type of intimate partner violence among Women

From: Gender-specific differences in risk for intimate partner violence in South Korea

Variables	Total	%	Victim						Perpetrator
			verbal	%	p-value	physical	%	p-value	verbal	%	p-value	physical	%	p-value
Age (years)
30-39	658	15.19	176	26.7	0.001	65	9.9	<.0001	197	29.9	<.0001	42	6.4	<.0001
40-49	1175	27.12	372	31.7		96	8.2		363	30.9		61	5.2
50-59	877	20.24	269	30.7		71	8.1		244	27.8		25	2.9
60-69	762	17.59	194	25.5		39	5.1		174	22.8		11	1.4
70+	860	19.85	211	24.5		27	3.1		180	20.9		9	1.0
Education
None or elementary school	1400	32.32	404	28.9	0.448	78	5.6	0.061	358	25.6	0.185	21	1.5	<.0001
Middle or high school	2068	47.74	589	28.5		157	7.6		549	26.5		79	3.8
University or higher	864	19.94	229	26.5		63	7.3		251	29.1		48	5.6
Household income
Quartile 1	1038	23.96	300	28.9	0.766	59	5.7	0.239	273	26.3	0.932	22	2.1	0.027
Quartile 2	1055	24.35	306	29.0		74	7.0		288	27.3		36	3.4
Quartile 3	1098	25.35	304	27.7		87	7.9		297	27.0		39	3.6
Quartile 4	1141	26.34	312	27.3		78	6.8		300	26.3		51	4.5
Employment status
Employed full time	2094	48.34	582	27.8	0.072	161	7.7	<.0001	591	28.2	0.000	97	4.6	<.0001
Employed part time	875	20.2	277	31.7		75	8.6		263	30.1		28	3.2
Self employed	189	4.36	50	26.5		15	7.9		44	23.3		10	5.3
Unemployed	1174	27.1	313	26.7		47	4.0		260	22.1		13	1.1
Perceived wealth in childhood
Poor	1548	35.73	463	29.9	0.179	118	7.6	0.316	440	28.4	0.050	47	3.0	0.052
Average	2219	51.22	605	27.3		146	6.6		587	26.5		89	4.0
Wealthy	565	13.04	154	27.3		34	6.0		131	23.2		12	2.1
Satisfaction with family relationships
Satisfied	3396	78.39	841	24.8	<.0001	168	4.9	<.0001	811	23.9	<.0001	88	2.6	<.0001
Neutral	780	18.01	294	37.7		88	11.3		264	33.8		34	4.4
Not satisfied	156	3.6	87	55.8		42	26.9		83	53.2		26	16.7
Satisfaction with one’s personal life
Satisfied	1451	33.49	303	20.9	<.0001	58	4.0	<.0001	296	20.4	<.0001	37	2.5	0.000
Neutral	2216	51.15	654	29.5		154	6.9		596	26.9		71	3.2
Not satisfied	665	15.35	265	39.8		86	12.9		266	40.0		40	6.0
Smoking
Never	4254	98.2	1199	28.2	0.800	292	6.9	0.775	1134	26.7	0.416	141	3.3	0.006
Ever	78	1.8	23	29.5		6	7.7		24	30.8		7	9.0
Alcohol intake
Nondrinker	3026	69.85	778	25.7	<.0001	179	5.9	0.000	721	23.8	<.0001	81	2.7	<.0001
Light drinker (1-4 drinks)	1046	24.15	345	33.0		88	8.4		342	32.7		44	4.2
Moderate drinker (5-9 drinks)	213	4.92	81	38.0		24	11.3		75	35.2		17	8.0
Heavy drinker (10 ≤ drinks)	47	1.08	18	38.3		7	14.9		20	42.6		6	12.8
Total	4332	100	1222	28.2		298	6.9		1158	26.7		148	3.4

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