Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Beliefs About Partner Violence Screening Among Young Men

Tova B. Walsh; Rita C. Seabrook; Richard M. Tolman; Shawna J. Lee; Vijay Singh

doi:10.1370/afm.2536

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Table 1

Characteristics of Nationally Representative Sample of US Men Aged 18-35 Years Who Have Ever Been in a Romantic Relationship (N = 916)

Characteristic	Value^a
Age, mean (SD), y	27 (5.3)
Annual income, (No. %), $
0-24,999	108 (11.8)
25,000-49,999	212 (23.2)
50,000-74,999	203 (22.2)
75,000-99,999	182 (19.9)
100,000+	210 (23.0)
Education, (No. %)
Less than high school	90 (9.9)
High school	266 (29.0)
Some college	318 (34.8)
Bachelor’s degree or higher	241 (26.3)
Race, (No. %)
White, non-Hispanic	564 (61.6)
African American, non-Hispanic	92 (10.1)
Hispanic	201 (22.0)
Other, non-Hispanic	59 (6.4)
IPV perpetration or victimization, (No. %)
Any physical perpetration	176 (19.2)
Any physical victimization	247 (27.0)
Perpetration only	24 (2.6)
Victimization only	95 (10.4)
Both perpetration and victimization	152 (16.6)
Neither perpetration nor victimization	645 (70.4)
Belief that health care clinicians should ask male patients about IPV, (No. %)
Perpetration	820 (89.5)
Victimization	844 (92.1)
Experiences being asked by a health care clinician about IPV, (No. %)
Perpetration	101 (11.0)
Victimization	119 (13.0)

IPV = intimate partner violence.
↵a Numbers in table rounded to the nearest whole number due to weighting.

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Table 2

Demographic and IPV History Associations With Men’s Beliefs and Experiences Being Asked by a Health Care Clinician About IPV

Demographics	Belief that Health Care Clinicians Should Ask Male Patients About IPV				Experiences Being Asked by a Health Care Clinician About IPV

	Perpetration		Victimization		Perpetration		Victimization

	% (mean)	AOR (95% CI)	% (mean)	AOR (95% CI)	% (mean)	AOR (95% CI)	% (mean)	AOR (95% CI)
Age, y	27 (5.0)	1.00 (0.95, 1.06)	27 (5.0)	0.97 (0.91, 1.04)	27 (5.1)	1.01 (0.96, 1.06)	27 (5.2)	1.01 (0.96, 1.06)
Income. $
0-24,999	94 (37.0)	0.97 0.38, 2.50)	89 (82.5)	0.46 (0.17, 1.20)	12(11.2)	1.27 (0.51, 3.20)	16 (14.5)	.86 (0.38, 1.94)
25-49,999	183 (86.2)	0.88(0.42, 1.84)	194 (91.6)	0.96 (0.41, 2.26)	24(11.2)	1.25(0.58, 2.69)	36 (16.7)	1.07 (0.57, 2.02)
50-74,999	180 (88.5)	Reference	190(93.4)	Reference	16(7.8)	Reference	26 (12.6)	Reference
75-99,999	165 (90.3)	1.28 (0.55, 2.96)	166(91.1)	0.79 (0.32, 1.95)	23 (12.8)	1.77 (0.82, 3.82)	19(10.5)	0.83 (0.39, 1.75)
100,000+	198 (94.0)	1.95 (0.93, 4.11)	204 (97.2)	2.54 (0.90, 7.21)	25 (12.1)	1.73 (0.79, 3.78)	23(10.8)	0.89 0.43, 1.81)
Education
Less than high school	80 (88.1)	0.94 (0.32, 2.75)	76 (84.6)	0.42 (0.15, 1.21)	15 (16.5)	2.22 (0.82, 6.05)	22 (24.1)	2.63 (1.07. 6.47)^a
High school	233 (87.4)	0.71 (0.37, 1.34)	245 (92.2)	.64 (0.29, 1.43)	28(10.5)	1.55 (0.76, 3.17)	36 (13.7)	1.53 (0.81, 2.90)
Some college	283 (88.8)	0.74 (0.42, 1.31)	290 (91.2)	0.53 (0.26, 1.08)	39(12.1)	1.59(0.89, 2.84)	39 (12.3)	1.36(0.78, 2.37)
Bachelor’s degree or higher	224 (92.9)	Reference	232 (96.0)	Reference	19(7.9)	Reference	21 (8.8)	Reference
Race
White. non-Hispanic	511 (90.6)	Reference	527 (93.5)	Reference	61 (10.7)	Reference	67 (11.9)	Reference
Black, non-Hispanic	77 (83.5)	0.63 (0.23. 1.71)	72 (77.8)	0.34 0.13, .91)^a	13(14.5)	1.17 (0.48, 2.85)	20 (21.4)	1.70(0.75, 3.83)
Hispanic	178 (88.7)	0.92 (0.46, 1.85)	191 (95.0)	1.62 (0.72, 3.63)	22(11.2)	1.01 (0.56, 1.79)	27(13.3)	1.03 (0.59, 1.79)
Other. non-Hispanic	53 (89.8)	0.86 (0.28, 2.61)	54 (91.0)	0.76 (0.23, 2.51)	4 (7.2)	.64 (0.17, 2.45)	5(9.1)	.87 0(.27, 2.76)
IPV perpetration
Any	148 (84.3)	0.48 (0.24, 0.95)^a	150(85.6)	0.30 (0.15, 0.59)^b	33 (18.5)	2.18 (1.04, 4.57)^a	31 (17.9)	1.49(0.71, 3.11)
None	671 (90.6)	Reference	694 (93.6)	Reference	68(9.2)	Reference	87 (11.8)	Reference
IPV victimization
Any	217 (87.6)	1.27 (0.68, 2.37)	223 (90.1)	1.90 (1.01, 3.60)^a	36(14.4)	0.90 (0.44, 1.82)	37 (15.0)	0.95 (0.49, 1.84)
None	603 (90.1)	Reference	621 (92.8)	Reference	65 (9.7)	Reference	82 (12.2)	Reference