Table 3

 Frequencies and percentages of self-reported responses to both victimisation and perpetration questions of intimate partner violence any time in the previous 12 months for mothers (n = 893) and fathers (n = 691) separately, together with a measure of agreement (κ) and test of symmetry (McNemar’s p Value)

Both a victim and a perpetratorVictim but not a perpetratorPerpetrator but not a victimNeither a victim nor a perpetratorκMcNemar’s p Value
Values are n (%).
Mother
    Verbal aggression764 (86)7 (1)52 (6)70 (8)0.67<0.001
    Any physical violence220 (25)30 (3)108 (12)535 (60)0.65<0.001
    Severe physical violence106 (12)30 (3)69 (8)688 (77)0.62<0.001
Father
    Verbal aggression595 (87)3 (0)27 (4)66 (10)0.79<0.001
    Any physical violence47 (7)6 (1)27 (4)611 (88)0.71<0.001
    Severe physical violence15 (2)6 (1)9 (1)661 (96)0.660.44