Table 1 Gender differences in study variables
From: Does leaving an abusive partner lead to a decline in victimization?
Male | Female | χ2(p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|
% | |||
Marital status at 21 yr/fua | (n = 388) | (n = 872) | 14.1 (< 0.001) |
Living together/bf-gf | 97.7 | 92.2 | |
Married | 2.3 | 7.8 | |
Have Children at 21 yr/fu | (n = 386) | (n = 870) | 22.4 (< 0.001) |
No | 95.3 | 86.3 | |
Yes | 4.7 | 13.7 | |
Education level at 21 yr/fu | (n = 384) | (n = 865) | 3.3 (0.19) |
University | 3.9 | 5.0 | |
College | 21.6 | 25.5 | |
High School & less | 74.5 | 69.5 | |
Employment at 21 yr/fu | (n = 384) | (n = 867) | 43.7 (< 0.001) |
Full time | 57.3 | 37.7 | |
Part-time | 28.6 | 37.4 | |
Unemployed | 14.1 | 24.9 | |
Income at 21 yr/fu | (n = 388) | (n = 871) | 13.3 (< 0.001) |
Higher | 86.1 | 77.2 | |
Low | 13.9 | 22.8 | |
Depression (CES-D) at 21 yr/fu | (n = 386) | (n = 870) | 11.2 (0.001) |
No | 85.8 | 77.6 | |
Yes | 14.2 | 22.4 | |
History of sexual abuse | (n = 386) | (n = 869) | 11.2 (0.001) |
Non-abused | 77.2 | 67.9 | |
Abused | 22.8 | 32.1 | |
Sexual orientation at 30 yr/fu: | (n = 366) | (n = 822) | 1.04 (0.31) |
Heterosexual | 94.8 | 96.1 | |
Homo/bisexual | 5.2 | 3.9 | |
Change the partner of 21-year-old | (n = 305) | (n = 698) | |
Yes | 49.5 | 48.6 | 0.08 (0.79) |
IPV victimization at 21 yr/fub | (n = 383) | (n = 868) | |
SC | 2.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 (0.01) |
PA | 39.6 | 33.4 | 4.3 (0.04) |
EA | 27.2 | 31.0 | 1.9 (0.17) |
H | 17.7 | 22.1 | 3.2 (0.07) |
At least one type | 48.6 | 44.9 | 1.4 (0.23) |
IPV victimization at 30 yr/fuc | (n = 378) | (n = 859) | |
SC | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.01 (0.96) |
PA | 10.3 | 9.2 | 0.37 (0.54) |
EA | 16.1 | 16.1 | 0.00 (1.0) |
H | 7.1 | 6.5 | 0.16 (0.7) |
At least one type | 20.9 | 18.6 | 0.9 (0.87) |
Length of current relationship at 21 yr/fu (Range: 1 month-8 years) | Mean (SD) | t-test | |
1.6 (1.3) | 2.0 (1.6) | 4.2 (< 0.001) | |