Table 4

Gender differences in IPV victimisation and impact items

Victimisation itemsLifetimeAges 18–21
Women (n=2050)Men
(n=1108)
χ2 (p value)Women (n=2014)Men (n=1092)χ2 (p value)
Told you who you could see, where you could go or regularly checked what you were doing and where you were510 (24.88)196 (17.69)21.41 (<0.001)346 (17.18)152 (13.92)5.59 (.018)
Made fun of you, called you hurtful names, shouted at you596 (29.07)210 (18.95)38.75 (<0.001)443 (22.00)166 (15.20)20.74 (<0.001)
Used physical force such as pushing, slapping, hitting or holding you down362 (17.66)106 (9.57)37.31 (<0.001)245 (12.16)82 (7.51)16.29 (<0.001)
Used more severe physical force such as punching, strangling, beating you up, hitting you with an object142 (6.93)31 (2.80)23.68 (<0.001)96 (4.77)22 (2.01)14.67 (<0.001)
Pressured you into kissing/touching/something else240 (11.71)26 (2.35)81.70 (<0.001)144 (7.15)20 (1.83)40.05 (<0.001)
Physically forced you into kissing/touching/something else125 (6.10)7 (0.63)53.65 (<0.001)72 (3.57)5 (0.46)28.46 (<0.001)
Pressured you into having sexual intercourse313 (15.27)43 (3.88)93.25 (<0.001)192 (9.53)36 (3.30)40.49 (<0.001)
Physically forced you into having sexual intercourse114 (5.56)5 (0.45)51.79 (<0.001)64 (3.18)5 (0.46)24.12 (<0.001)
Impact items (among those who experienced any IPV)Women (n=800)Men (n=292)χ2 (p value)Women (n=552)Men (n=221)χ2 (p value)
Scared444 (55.50)40 (13.70)151.47 (<0.001)279 (50.54)31 (14.03)87.61 (<0.001)
Upset/unhappy684 (85.50)179 (61.30)75.58 (<0.001)465 (84.24)141 (63.80)38.92 (<0.001)
Angry/annoyed625 (78.12)195 (66.78)14.72 (<0.001)441 (79.89)152 (68.78)10.91 (0.001)
Made me feel sad621 (77.62)157 (53.77)59.44 (<0.001)425 (76.99)122 (55.20)36.22 (<0.001)
Affected my work/studies275 (34.38)51 (17.47)29.21 (<0.001)187 (33.88)38 (17.19)21.28 (<0.001)
Anxious406 (50.75)73 (25.00)57.60 (<0.001)272 (49.28)60 (27.15)31.53 (<0.001)
Depressed329 (41.12)69 (23.63)28.27 (<0.001)231 (41.85)52 (23.53)22.82 (<0.001)
No effect/not bothered109 (13.63)89 (30.48)40.94 (<0.001)74 (13.41)59 (26.70)19.57 (<0.001)
Made me drink more alcohol/take more drugs127 (15.88)34 (11.64)3.05 (0.081)92 (16.67)30 (13.57)1.14 (0.287)
Thought it was funny64 (8.00)92 (31.51)96.53 (<0.001)48 (8.70)67 (30.32)58.26 (<0.001)
Felt loved/protected/wanted101 (12.62)41 (14.04)0.38 (0.538)80 (14.49)32 (14.48)0.00 (0.996)
  • Victimisation items were coded as 1=experienced at least once, 0=never experienced. Impact items were 1=yes, 0=no.

  • IPV, intimate partner violence.