Strong association between earlier abuse and revictimization in youth

BMC Public Health

Table 2 The prevalence of risk factors in women and men exposed (Exp) and non-exposed (NE) to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse during the past 12 months

	Emotional abuse past year				Physical abuse past year				Sexual abuse past year
	Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men
	Exp	Exp/NE	Exp	Exp/NE	Exp	Exp/NE	Exp	Exp/NE	Exp	Exp/NE	Exp	Exp/NE
	N = 733/1517		N = 167/753		N = 406/1844		N = 251/669		N = 312/1938		N = 43/877
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Living in
Small cities	264	36/40	55	33/36	142	35/39	84	34/36	95	30/40	9	21/36
Big cities	469	64/60	112	67/64	264	65/61	167	67/64	217	70***/60	34	79*/64
Living with
Both parents	279	39/40	58	35/37	136	34/41	89	36/37	105	34/40	17	40/37
One biological parent	269	37**/30	53	32/29	163	41***/31	82	33/28	120	39*/32	17	40/29
Someone else	175	24/30	53	32/34	101	25/29	76	31/35	80	26/28	9	21/35
Immigrant	117	16/14	35	22/18	70	18/14	44	18/19	42	14/15	7	18/19
Current partner	409	57*/63	81	49/43	228	57/61	119	48/42	157	51***/62	17	40/44
Hazardous alcohol consumption	380	52*/46	93	56/61	246	61***/45	183	73***/55	183	59***46	27	63/60
Daily smoking	259	36***/22	50	31*/22	165	41***/23	77	31**/21	111	36***/25	20	48***/23
Drug use	152	21***/12	58	35/28	112	28***/12	105	42***/25	80	26***/13	14	35/29
Exposed to violence <15 y
Moderate/severe emotional	303	41***/16	87	52***/18	174	43***/20	89	36***/20	123	39***/22	19	44**/23
Moderate/severe physical	183	25***/11	78	47***/23	135	33***/12	106	42***/21	85	27***/14	16	37/27
Moderate/severe sexual	119	16***/5	5	3/1.6	84	21***/6.3	7	2.8/1.5	65	21***/7	4	9.3/1.5

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 for the differences between women and men exposed and non-exposed to violence.

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