Citation

Khalifeh H, Hargreaves J, Howard LM, Birdthistle I. Am. J. Public Health 2013; 103(3): 462-472.

Affiliation

Hind Khalifeh is with the Department of Mental Health Science, University College London, London, UK. James Hargreaves and Isolde Birdthistle are with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London. Louise M. Howard is with the Institute of Pyschiatry, King's College London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2012.300723

PMID

22897532

Abstract

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. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 16, 2012: e1-e11. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300723).

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