Intimate partner violence and socioeconomic deprivation in England: findings from a national cross-sectional survey.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-0048 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Domestic Violence/*statistics & numerical data ; Poverty/*psychology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Domestic Violence/economics ; Educational Status ; England/epidemiology ; Family Characteristics ; Female ; Humans ; Income/statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Poverty/statistics & numerical data ; Prevalence ; Sex Factors ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Spouses/psychology ; Spouses/statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult

Objectives: We examined the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with social deprivation in England.
Methods: We used multivariable logistic regression to investigate IPV correlates among 21 226 men and women aged 16 to 59 years in the 2008 nationally representative cross-sectional British Crime Survey.
Results: Lifetime IPV was reported by 23.8% of women and 11.5% of men. Physical IPV was reported by 16.8% and 7.0%, respectively; emotional-only IPV was reported by 5.8% and 4.2%, respectively. After adjustment for demographic confounders, lifetime physical IPV experienced by women was associated with social housing tenure (odds ratio [OR] = 2.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.0, 2.7), low household income (OR = 2.2; 95% CI = 1.8, 2.7), poor educational attainment (OR = 1.2; 95% CI = 1.0, 1.5), low social class (OR = 1.5; 95% CI = 0.3, 1.7), and living in a multiply deprived area (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.1, 1.7). Physical IPV experienced by men and emotional IPV experienced by either gender were generally not associated with deprivation factors.
Conclusions: Physical and emotional IPV are very common among adults in England. Emotional IPV prevention policies may be appropriate across the social spectrum; those for physical IPV should be particularly accessible to disadvantaged women.

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G0802434 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council; G0802432/1 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council

Date Created: 20120818 Date Completed: 20130405 Latest Revision: 20220317

20240104

PMC3673488

10.2105/AJPH.2012.300723

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