Association between responses* to IPV and sociodemographic characteristics among abused women who took some kind of action to overcome IPV (n = 224)
| Separation n = 148 | Report the case to the police n = 15 | Seek outside help† n = 22 | More than 1 response n = 39 | p Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| *Responses to IPV presented in this table are mutually exclusive. †This group includes women who seek help from healthcare professionals, as well as those who seek help from associations for battered women. | |||||||||
| Age | 36.5 | 10.9 | 44.8 | 11.5 | 44.7 | 6.4 | 40.3 | 10.8 | <0.01 |
| Number of children | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.02 |
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | p Value | |||||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 38 (26.0) | 4 (26.7) | 16 (72.7) | 12 (30.8) | |||||
| Single | 53 (36.3) | 3 (20.0) | 2 (9.1) | 10 (25.6) | <0.01 | ||||
| Separ/divorc/widow | 55 (37.7) | 8 (53.3) | 4 (18.2) | 17 (43.6) | |||||
| Nationality | |||||||||
| Spanish | 113 (77.9) | 12 (80.0) | 20 (90.9) | 33 (84.6) | 0.47 | ||||
| Non-Spanish | 32 (22.1) | 3 (20.0) | 2 (9.1) | 6 (15.4) | |||||
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Housewife | 25 (17.4) | 7 (46.7) | 11 (52.4) | 9 (23.1) | |||||
| Employed | 97 (67.4) | 6 (40.0) | 9 (42.9) | 23 (59.0) | <0.01 | ||||
| Student/unemployed | 22 (15.3) | 2 (13.3) | 1 (4.8) | 7 (17.9) | |||||
| Educational level | |||||||||
| None or primary | 43 (30.5) | 9 (75.0) | 12 (57.1) | 12 (30.8) | |||||
| Secondary | 35 (24.8) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (28.2) | <0.01 | ||||
| University degree | 63 (44.7) | 2 (16.7) | 9 (42.9) | 16 (41.0) | |||||
| Monthly family income | |||||||||
| <600€ (low) | 37 (25.5) | 8 (61.5) | 1 (5.0) | 7 (19.4) | |||||
| 600–1200€ (medium) | 66 (45.5) | 4 (30.8) | 9 (45.0) | 22 (61.1) | <0.01 | ||||
| >1200€ (high) | 42 (29.0) | 1 (7.7) | 10 (50.0) | 7 (19.4) | |||||
| Social support | |||||||||
| None | 15 (10.1) | 4 (26.7) | 1 (4.5) | 5 (12.8) | 0.18 | ||||
| Yes | 133 (89.9) | 11 (73.3) | 21 (95.5) | 34 (87.2) | |||||