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Appendix C

Detailed Tables of Correlates of Family Perpetration

Table C1
Childhood Victimization Correlates of Family Violence

Correlates     Any Family violence % (n-935)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence against Female Parther % (n=703)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence Against Children % (n=553)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient
Witnessed Any Abuse
  • Yes
  • No
   45.2 *** 28.4   1004/230 200/705   0.16   37.8 *** 24.3   71/188 125/515   0.13   16.2
11.4		   241/148 66/405   0.07
Experienced Abuse
  • Yes
  • No
   42.4 *** 23.9   185/436 119/499   0.20   38.7 *** 22.6   113/355 83/368   0.12   20.0 *** 6.4   51/255 19/198   0.20
Both Witnessed and Experienced Physical/ Sexual Abuse
  • Yes
  • No
   47.1 *** 29.2   87/174 222/761   0.15   37.9 ** 25.3   55/145 141/555   0.11   20.2 ** 10.7   23/114 47/439   0.12
Physical and/ or Sexual Abuse
  • Yes
  • No
   42.5 *** 25.8   160/376 144/559   0.18   33.8 ** 23.7   99/293 93/410   0.11   23.2 *** 6.1   50/225 20/328   0.24

Table C2
Demographic Correlates of Family Violence

                                        Any Family violence % (n-935)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence against Female Parther % (n=703)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence Against Children % (n=553)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient
Age
  • Under 30
  • 30 and over
   23.2
41.7 		  108/465
196/470 		  0.20   23.9
30.7		   69/289
127/414		   0.08   2.8
18.9 *** 		  6/215
64/338 		  0.24
High School Diploma
  • Yes
  • No
   26.6 *
34.9 		  71/267
253/668 		  0.08   20.7 ***
30.8 		  42/203
154/508 		  0.10   9.6
13.9 		  15/157
55/396 		  0.06
Employment Instability
  • Yes
  • No
   30.4 *
35.5 		  170/559
134/376 		  0.06   26.7
29.4 		  106/397
96/306 		  0.05   11.5
14.1 		  35/304
35/249 		  0.04
Number of Marriages
  • under 3
  • 3 and over
   29.3 ***
48.7 		  228/779
76/156 		  0.16   25.8 *
35.3 		  141/547
551/156		   0.07   11.1 *
18.0 		  47/425
23/128 		  0.09

Table C3
Substance Abuse and Mental Disorder Correlates of Family Violence

Disorder     Any Family violence % (n-935)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence against Female Parther % (n=703)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence Against Children % (n=553)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient
Alcohol Problems
  • Yes
  • No
   37.7 ***
23.2 		  227/603
77/332 		  0.35   34.0 ***
16.6 		  155/456
41/247 		  0.19   12.2 ***
13.8 		  44/360
26/193 		  0.02
Drug Abuse
  • Yes
  • No
   16.3 ***
35.3 		  22/135
282/800 		  0.14   15.4 **
30.1 		  16/104
180/599 		  0.12   5.3
13.6 		  4/69
66/484 		  0.08
Diagnosis of Mental Illness
  • Yes
  • No
   41.2 ***
28.2 		  127/306
177/627 		  0.13   36.2 ***
24.1 		  79/218
117/485 		  0.13   19.7 ***
9.2 		  36/183
34/370 		  0.15
Psychosis
  • Yes
  • No
   46.8 *
31.6 		  22/47
287/888 		  0.07   30.3
27.8 		  10/33
186/670 		  0.01   20.8
13.3 		  5/24
65/529 		  0.05
Mood- Anxiety
  • Yes
  • No
   45.2 ***
30.3 		  63/139
241/796 		  0.11   36.8 ***
26.5 		  35/95
161/608 		  0.06   22.1 **
11.1 		  17/77
53/476 		  0.01
Personality Disorder
  • Yes
  • No
   41.4
29.1 		  108/261
196/674 		  0.12   38.1 ***
24.3 		  69/181
127/822 		  0.12   19.1 **
10.2 		  29/152
41/481 		  0.12

Table C4
Criminal History Correlates of Family Violence

Disorder     Any Family violence % (n-935)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence against Female Parther % (n=703)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient     Violence Against Children % (n=553)     Frequency     Phi Co- efficient
Number of Past Convictions (15 or more)

  • Yes
  • No
   31.5
33.4		   143/447
162/454 		 
0.02		   24.3 *
24.6		   108/345
83/308 		 
0.08		   6.1 ***
18.6 		  16/265  
0.19
Mandatory Supervision or Parole renewed/ suspended

  • Yes
  • No
   39.3 *
34.6 		  107/395
197/570 		 
0.06		   27.3
29.2 		  762/78
538/425 		 
0.01		   4.3 ***
17.7 		  9/290
61/344 		 
0.20
Prior Admission

  • Yes
  • No
   31.5
33.3 		  119/378
185/556 		 
0.02		   27.4
28.2 		  76/277
120/426 		 
0.01		   13.0
12.5 		  28/216
42/337 		 
0.01
Aggregate Sentence

  • 3 years and over
  • Under 3 years
   32.7

32.4

   179/548

125/386

  
0.00		   28.3

27.3

   139/421

73/282

  
0.01		   12.3

13.4

   40/329

30/224

  
0.05
Assault against non-family members

  • Yes
  • No
   31.0
35.5 		  194/616
110/309 		 
0.05		   19.5
24.8 		  13.6/461
60/242 		 
0.10		   6.7 ***
23.8 		  24/360
46/193 		 
0.02
Offender Type

  • Property
  • Drugs
  • Assault
  • Sexist
  • Other
   33.8
31.5
31.3
32.6
36.1 		  71/210
35/111
120/283
47/144
31/85 		 
0.03		   27.9
27.7
17.3
25.7
29.2 		  46/165
23/83
80/181
18/108
19/145 		 
0.02 		  14.5
12.5
17.3
9.3
14.8 		  19/131
9/72
26/212
8/84
8/84 		 
0.05
Date Modified: 2012-12-18

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