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Table 2 Sample Characteristics by Intervention Group at Baseline

From: Longitudinal impacts of an online safety and health intervention for women experiencing intimate partner violence: randomized controlled trial

 

Total N = 462

Non-Tailored N = 231

Tailored N = 231

 

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

pd

Age

414

34.61 (10.7)

208

34.39 (10.6)

206

34.84 (10.8)

.669

Months separated from partner (baseline)

266

4.77 (3.47)

129

5.01 (3.55)

137

4.55 (3.39)

.456

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

p

Education

.287

 No secondary school diploma

56

11.7

27

11.7

29

12.5

 Secondary school diploma

82

17.7

35

15.2

47

20.3

 Some post-secondary

148

32.0

72

31.2

76

32.9

 Completed post-secondary

176

38.1

97

42.0

79

34.2

Employment

.646

 Employed Full-Time

113

24.5

54

23.4

59

25.5

 Employed Part-Time

116

25.1

62

26.8

54

23.4

 

 Unemployed

231

50.0

113

48.9

118

51.1

 Missing

2

0.4

2

0.9

0

0

Difficulty Living on Current Income

.586

 Not at all difficult

30

6.5

16

6.9

14

6.1

 

 Somewhat difficult/difficult

215

46.5

112

48.5

103

44.6

 

 Very/extremely difficult

217

47.0

103

44.6

114

49.4

 

Indigenous Identity

.757

 No

397

85.9

199

86.1

198

85.7

 

 Yes

62

13.4

31

13.4

31

13.4

 

 Missing

3

0.6

1

0.4

2

0.9

 

Children < 18 years of age living at home

.514

 No

241

52.2

117

50.6

124

53.7

 

 Yes

221

47.8

114

49.4

107

46.3

 

Community of Residence

.420

 Rural community or small town

109

23.6

52

22.5

57

24.7

 

 Med-Sized City

127

27.5

59

25.5

68

29.4

 

 Large Urban Center

226

48.9

120

51.9

106

45.9

 

Partner’s Gender

.264

 Man

442

95.7

223

96.5

219

94.8

 

 Other than mana

20

4.3

8

3.4

12

5.2

 

Living with Abusive partner

.676

 Nob

334

72.3

165

71.4

169

73.2

 

 Yes

126

27.3

65

28.1

61

26.4

 

 Missing

2

0.4

1

0.4

1

0.4

 

Plan for Relationship

.630

 Plan to stay/plan to return

41

8.9

24

10.4

17

7.5

 

 Plan to leave

52

11.3

28

12.1

24

10.4

 

 Ended and plan to stay separated

237

51.3

115

49.8

122

52.8

 

 Unsure

128

27.7

63

27.3

65

28.1

 

 Missing

4

0.9

1

0.4

3

1.3

 

Abuse Type in Previous 6 Monthsc

 Severe Combined Abuse

381

82.5

195

84.4

186

81.2

.364

 Physical Abuse

395

85.5

191

82.7

204

88.7

.065

 Emotional Abuse

458

99.1

228

99.1

230

99.6

.156

 Harassment

364

78.8

182

78.8

182

79.5

.856

Self-Reported Health Problems

  “nervous” or “uptight”

409

88.5

201

87.0

208

90.0

.246

  “sad” or “depressed”

416

90.0

209

90.5

207

89.6

.751

  “fatigue” or “difficulty sleeping”

424

91.8

210

90.9

214

92.6

.399

  “Pain (e.g. headaches, joint pain”)

358

77.5

179

77.5

179

78.2

1.000

  1. aInclusive of woman, trans woman, genderqueer, 2-spirited, no option that applies
  2. bInclusive of women who had separated and those who never lived with the abusive partner
  3. cbased on cut-scores for 4 subscales of the Composite Abuse Scale
  4. dbased on t-tests for continuous variables, ANOVA for categorical variables