Does Intimate Partner Violence Epidemiology Differ Between Homes With and Without Children? A Population-Based Study of Annual Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors |
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| Authors: | Megan H Bair-Merritt William C Holmes John H Holmes Jamie Feinstein Chris Feudtner |
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| Institution: | (1) Division of General Pediatrics &; Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA;(2) Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA;(3) Center for Clinical Epidemiology &; Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA;(4) Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA;(5) The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA;(6) Pediatrics Generalist Research Group, Division of General Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We sought to determine whether intimate partner violence (IPV) risk factors differed depending upon the presence of children
in the home, and to estimate the annual prevalence of IPV first in the general population and then in homes with and without
children. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional random sample of 6,836 women in southeastern Pennsylvania interviewed by
telephone in 2004. The magnitude of association between IPV and risk factors varied between homes with and without children
for women’s alcohol problems (with children, odds ratio (OR) 7.7; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.9, 20.9; without children,
OR 2.4; 95% CI 0.9, 6.0), and mental health problems (with children, OR 4.0; 95% CI 1.8, 8.9; without children, OR 3.0; 95%
CI 1.6, 5.7). Poverty was significantly associated with IPV only in homes without children (OR 3.6; 95% CI 1.9, 7.2). Annual
IPV prevalence was 1.2% overall, 1.4% in homes with children, and 1.1% in homes without children. One in 63 children lived
in a home with IPV. Differences in IPV risk factors in homes with and without children suggest distinct underlying IPV mechanisms
or consequences in these contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Intimate partner violence Risk factors Children Prevalence |
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