Prevalence of intimate partner violence by age and employment
| Lifetime experience of physical intimate partner violence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total (%) |
| 18–29 | 30 (30.0) | 70 (70.0) | 100 (50.5) |
| 30–39 | 21 (44.7) | 26 (55.3) | 47 (23.7) |
| 40–49 | 5 (35.7) | 9 (64.3) | 14 (7.1) |
| 50⩾ | 13 (35.1) | 24 (64.9) | 37 (18.7) |
| Total | 69 (34.8) | 129 (65.2) | 198 (100) |
| χ2 = 3.0 p = 0.39 | |||
| Employment | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total |
| Paid job | 41 (36.3) | 72 (63.7) | 113 |
| No paid job | 28 (33.3) | 56 (66.7) | 84 |
| Total | 72 | 125 | 197 |
| χ2 = 0.2 p = 0.7 | |||
| Past year’s experience of intimate partner physical violence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total |
| 18–29 | 8 (8.0) | 92 (92.0) | 100 |
| 30–39 | 3 (6.4) | 44 (93.6) | 47 |
| 40–49 | 0 (0) | 14 (100) | 14 |
| 50⩾ | 1 (2.7) | 36 (97.3) | 37 |
| Total | 12 (6.1) | 186 (93.9) | 198 |
| χ2 2.3 p = 0.5 | |||
| Employment | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total |
| Paid job | 3 (2.7) | 110 (97.3) | 113 |
| No paid job | 9 (10.7) | 75 (89.3) | 84 |
| Total | 12 (6.1) | 185 (93.9) | 197 |
| χ2 = 5.5 p = 0.02 | |||
| Lifetime experience of life threatening intimate partner physical violence | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total |
| 18–29 | 9 (9.0) | 91 (91.0) | 100 |
| 30–39 | 7 (14.9) | 40 (85.1) | 47 |
| 40–49 | 0 (0) | 14 (100) | 14 |
| 50⩾ | 5 (13.5) | 32 (86.5) | 37 |
| Total | 21 (10.6) | 177 (89.4) | 198 |
| χ2 3.2 p = 0.37 | |||
| Employment | Violence (%) | No violence (%) | Total |
| Paid job | 8 (7.1) | 105 (92.9) | 113 |
| No paid job | 13 (15.5) | 71 (84.5) | 84 |
| Total | 21 (10.7) | 176 (89.3) | 197 |
| χ2 = 3.6 p = 0.06 | |||