Table 2

Bivariate analyses: intimate partner violence (IPV) severity by social connection among study sample (N=3355)

Variable	Psychological IPV		Sexual IPV		Physical IPV
Variable	Mean	P value	Mean	P value	Mean	P value
Instrumental support
Yes	1.61	<0.001**	1.92	0.001**	1.61	<0.001**
No	2.14		2.23		2.14
Natal family contact
>10 times	4.17	0.198	1.92	0.240	1.72	0.292
6–10 times	3.93		1.99		1.78
2–5 times	4.25		2.03		1.76
0–1 times	4.92		2.45		2.03
Female companionship
Often	3.95	0.008*	1.91	0.097	1.68	0.021
Sometimes	4.24		2.04		1.74
Rarely	5.18		2.36		2.21
Never	4.18		2.02		1.86

Means generated from proc surveymeans, and adjusted for sampling weights, clusters, and stratified design.
Comparison of means p values generated from F-tests using proc anova and adjusted for clusters and stratified design.
*P≤0.01; **p≤0.001.