Intimate Partner Violence and Socioeconomic Deprivation in England

Findings From a National Cross-Sectional Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID11027222
AuthorsHind Khalifeh (0000-0002-4627-0546, 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.), Julian Hargreaves (0000-0002-3509-3572, University of London), James Hargreaves (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.), Louise M Howard (0000-0001-9942-744X, 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.), Isolde Birdthistle (0000-0001-5742-6588, 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.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue3
Pages462-472
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.300723
PMID22897532
PMCIDPMC3673488
OpenAlexW2125849364
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited28

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

Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Disadvantaged · Domestic violence · Educational attainment · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Odds ratio · Poison control · Population · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology

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