Violence and injury in marital arguments: risk patterns and gender differences

Community-based research on violence against women typically focuses on marital arguments rather than on resulting injuries. This study investigated patterns of victimization, violence perpetration, and injury in marital arguments. Data from the National Survey on Families and Households and binomia...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1996-01, Vol.86 (1), p.35-40
Main Authors: Sorenson, S B, Upchurch, D M, Shen, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Biological and medical sciences
Confidence Intervals
Couples
Cross-Sectional Studies
Domestic violence
Education
Estimates
Ethnicity
Family income
Female
Gender differences
Households
Humans
Husbands
Injuries
Interviews as Topic - methods
Logistic Models
Male
Marital conflict
Marital stability
Marriage
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Murders & murder attempts
Odds Ratio
Personal relationships
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Random Allocation
Religion
Risk Factors
Risk patterns
Sex crimes
Sex Distribution
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Suburban areas
United States - epidemiology
USA
Variables
Victimology
Violence
Women
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
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Summary:Community-based research on violence against women typically focuses on marital arguments rather than on resulting injuries. This study investigated patterns of victimization, violence perpetration, and injury in marital arguments. Data from the National Survey on Families and Households and binomial and multinomial logit models were used to analyze characteristics of those who experienced physical violence, as well as to determine who was the perpetrator and who was the victim. Men and women reported similar behaviors during verbal arguments. Young persons, urban dwellers, the less educated, those with low incomes, and Blacks were more likely to report that there had been physical violence in their marriages in the past year. Ethnicity, income, education, and number and age of children at home were not associated consistently with injury of the wife, the husband, or both. Persons who report physical violence in their marriage are very similar to those who are at increased risk of interpersonal violence in general. The co-occurrence of street and other nonfamily violence with spousal violence may be a fruitful area for future research.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.86.1.35