The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence on mental health outcomes among abused Chinese women: a mixed-method study

Tiwari, Agnes; Chan, Ko Ling; Cheung, Denise Shuk Ting; Fong, Daniel Yee Tak; Yan, Elsie Chau Wai; Tang, Debbie Hoi Ming

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1649-x

Table 1 Sociodemographics and abuse characteristics of IT and SCV victims

From: The differential effects of intimate terrorism and situational couple violence on mental health outcomes among abused Chinese women: a mixed-method study

	Total (n = 539, 100%)		IT (n = 215, 39.9%)		SCV (n = 324, 60.1%)		p ^a
	n	%	n	%	n	%	p ^a
Women
Age (years)							0.530
20-39	284	52.8	114	53.0	170	52.6
40-49	145	27.0	62	28.8	83	25.7
≥50	109	20.3	39	18.1	70	21.7
Education (years)							0.605
≤9 years	354	65.7	144	67.0	210	64.8
>9 years	185	34.3	71	33.0	114	35.2
Living in Hong Kong (years)							0.002*
≥7 years	136	25.4	39	18.2	97	30.1
<7 years	400	74.6	175	81.8	225	69.9
Employment status							0.001*
Paid employment	160	29.7	46	21.4	114	35.2
Unemployed	379	70.3	169	78.6	210	64.8
Women’s partners
Age							0.087
20-39	127	23.7	43	20.3	84	25.9
40-49	179	33.4	66	31.1	113	34.9
≥50	230	42.9	103	48.6	127	39.2
Employment status							0.002*
Paid employment	382	72.3	134	64.7	248	77.3
Unemployed	146	27.7	73	35.3	73	22.7
Marital status							<0.001*
Married	365	67.8	104	48.6	261	80.6
Divorced/separated	173	32.2	110	51.4	63	19.4
Age difference between woman and her partner (years)							<0.001*
≤10	390	74.1	128	61.5	262	82.4
>10	136	25.9	80	38.5	56	17.6
Number of children							0.628
None	25	4.6	11	5.1	14	4.3
1	194	36.0	83	38.6	111	34.3
2	228	42.3	84	39.1	144	44.4
≥3	92	17.1	37	17.2	55	17.0
Place of subject recruitment							<0.001*
Shelters	177	32.8	110	51.2	67	20.7
FCPSUs	107	19.9	65	30.2	42	13.0
Community centers	255	47.3	40	18.6	215	66.4
Financial hardship							<0.001*
Yes	334	62.1	170	79.4	164	50.6
No	204	37.9	44	20.6	160	49.4
Financial support							<0.001*
Yes	205	38.1	104	48.6	101	31.2
No	333	61.9	110	51.4	223	68.8
Afraid of the partner							<0.001*
Yes	301	55.8	183	85.1	118	36.4
No	238	44.2	32	14.9	206	63.6
Duration of IPV (years) (Mean ± SD)	5.55 ± 6.54		4.51 ± 5.47		6.48 ± 7.49		<0.001*
Escalation of violence							<0.001*
Yes, increasing	182	38.3	129	60.8	53	20.2
Stayed the same	174	36.6	43	20.3	131	49.8
No, decreasing	119	5.1	40	18.9	79	30.0
Physical injury (number of times)
Woman (Mean ± SD)	1.38 ± 3.31		2.67 ± 4.61		0.52 ± 1.50		<0.001*
Partner (Mean ± SD)	0.04 ± 0.30		0.02 ± 0.15		0.06 ± 0.37		0.123
Injury resulting in the use of medical services (number of times)
Woman (Mean ± SD)	0.38 ± 1.23		0.75 ± 1.78		0.14 ± 0.51		<0.001*
Partner (Mean ± SD)	0.02 ± 0.16		0.01 ± 0.12		0.02 ± 0.18		0.588

^a p-value obtained by chi-square test and independent t-test.
*p-value <0.05.

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