Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants*

Victims only (N=162)Perps only (N=93)Both V and P (N=117)
nPer cent95% CInPer cent95% CInPer cent95% CI
Mean age
SD
Range
N
44
16
(19, 90)
159
46
16
(18, 80)
85
43
15
(19, 85)
111
White15194.4(89.8% to 97.8%)8292.1(84.0% to 98.5%)10995.6(90.9% to 99.6%)
Mixed31.9(0.0% to 5.2%)44.5(−0.2% to 11.5%)0
Asian or Asian British53.1(0.1% to 6.8%)11.1(−1.0% to 4.5%)10.9(−0.7% to 4.2%)
Black or Black British10.6(−0.4% to 2.8%)22.2(−0.9% to 7.2%)32.6(−0.1% to 6.6%)
Chinese or other55.6(1.2 to 11.9)010.9(−0.5% to 3.1%)
Currently has partner11270.4(61.4% to 78.2%)6974.7(63.7% to 84.6%)7365.2(52.8% to 75.6%)
Currently has no partner4729.6(21.3% to 38.0%)2325.3(15.4% to 36.7%)3934.8(23.1% to 46.7%)
Lives with this partner8477.1(67.3% to 86.1%)5276.5(61.9% to 91.0%)5577.5(61.5% to 91.0%)
Does not live with this partner2522.9(14.2% to 32.9%)1623.5(10.0% to 37.6%)1622.5(8.0% to 37.7%)
Is a parent9156.9(45.9% to 66.0%)5459.3(45.8% to 70.9%)8069.0(57.7% to 80.6%)
Is not a parent6943.1(32.8% to 53.2%)3740.7(28.2% to 54.4%)3631.0(19.5% to 42.3%)
In paid employment10778.7(70.0% to 86.5%)5575.3(61.4% to 87.4%)6464.6(52.2% to 76.5%)
Not in paid employment2921.3(13.9% to 30.1%)1824.7(12.1% to 40.1%)3535.4(24.9% to 48.1%)
Up to £10 0003928.9(20.7% to 38.7%)2432.0(18.1% to 47.4%)2629.2(15.9% to 41.3%)
£11 000–£20 0004432.6(24.1% to 41.8%)2026.7(12.5% to 42.2%)3033.7(21.3% to 46.5%)
£21 000–£30 0003324.4(17.1% to 32.3%)1621.3(9.4% to 33.6%)1516.9(8.3% to 26.5%)
£31 000–£40 000107.4(2.8% to 13.0%)79.3(0.6% to 19.7%)1011.2(3.8% to 21.3%)
£41 000–£50 00053.7(0.4% to 7.8%)56.7(−0.8% to 15.7%)22.2(−0.7% to 6.4%)
£51 000–£60 00010.7(−0.3% to 3.1%)11.3(−1.2% to 5.4%)33.4(−0.9% to 9.4%)
More than £60 00032.2(−0.3% to 5.6%)22.7(−2.1% to 9.1%)33.4(−0.3% to 8.6%)
No education159.8(5.2% to 15.3%)1213.3(5.5% to 23.2%)1614.3(7.4% to 23.2%)
GCSE/O Level2214.4(8.0% to 20.9%)1516.7(6.5% to 28.0%)1816.1(8.2% to 24.5%)
A Level2415.7(8.5% to 23.6%)1415.6(6.6% to 24.0%)2017.9(9.2% to 28.0%)
NVQ2415.7(9.3% to 21.9%)2022.2(10.7% to 35.2%)2320.5(12.1% to 30.0%)
Professional Qualification2214.4(8.2% to 21.5%)1415.6(6.7% to 26.2%)1311.6(4.4% to 20.4%)
Undergraduate Degree2818.3(11.6% to 25.8%)910.0(2.9% to 18.4%)1513.4(4.5% to 22.5%)
Postgraduate Degree1811.8(6.3% to 17.8%)66.7(0.8% to 13.9%)76.3(1.1% to 13.0%)
Private owned6843.6(33.4% to 52.8%)4548.4(34.5% to 61.6%)4438.6(27.5% to 50.9%)
Private rented5736.5(25.7% to 46.4%)2425.8(14.4% to 37.0%)3328.9(18.0% to 39.1%)
Council housing2516.0(9.3% to 23.5%)1819.4(9.7% to 29.6%)2723.7(13.9% to 33.4%)
Other63.8(0.7% to 7.7%)66.5(0.3% to 13.8%)108.8(3.2% to 15.2%)
Neither victims nor perpetrators (N=914)Whole sample (N=1368)
nPer cent95% CInPer cent95% CI
Mean age
SD
Range
N
50
19
(18, 90)
882
49
18
(18, 90)
1308
White85495.7(94.3% to 97.1%)126795.1(93.8% to 96.3%)
Mixed121.3(0.6% to 2.2%)231.7(1.1% to 2.5%)
Asian or Asian British70.8(0.3% to 1.5%)141.1(0.6% to 1.7%)
Black or Black British141.6(0.8% to 2.6%)221.7(0.9% to 2.4%)
Chinese or other064.5(1.5 to 9.4)
Currently has partner67875.8(72.7% to 78.7%)98073.6(71.1% to 76.5%)
Currently has no partner21624.2(21.2% to 27.0%)35226.4(24.0% to 29.0%)
Lives with this partner58687.5(84.5% to 90.5%)81984.8(81.6% to 87.3%)
Does not live with this partner8412.5(9.5% to 16.0%)14715.2(12.6% to 18.2%)
Is a parent57964.3(60.6% to 68.1%)86163.9(60.5% to 67.3%)
Is not a parent32235.7(31.7% to 39.6%)48736.1(33.1% to 39.7%)
In paid employment52182.3(79.3% to 85.5%)77678.9(75.7% to 81.6%)
Not in paid employment11217.7(14.5% to 20.8%)20821.1(18.2% to 24.1%)
Up to £10 00017424.2(20.8% to 27.6%)28226.3(23.7% to 29.3%)
£11 000–£20 00022731.6(28.2% to 35.0%)34131.8(29.1% to 34.9%)
£21 000–£30 00015822.0(19.1% to 24.8%)23521.9(19.9% to 24.7%)
£31 000–£40 0008111.3(9.0% to 13.9%)10810.1(8.3% to 12.1%)
£41 000–£50 000466.4(4.6% to 8.3%)605.6(4.2% to 6.9%)
£51 000–£60 000141.9(1.0% to 3.2%)191.8(1.0% to 2.6%)
More than £60 000192.6(1.5% to 4.0%)272.5(1.6% to 3.5%)
No education12514.5(12.1% to 17.1%)19114.8(12.9% to 17.3%)
GCSE/O Level14917.3(14.7% to 20.4%)21816.9(14.8% to 19.0%)
A Level829.5(7.4% to 11.6%)14311.1(9.3% to 12.8%)
NVQ12714.8(11.9% to 17.5%)20215.7(13.5% to 17.9%)
Professional Qualification16218.8(16.4% to 22.1%)22317.3(15.2% to 19.6%)
Undergraduate Degree14116.4(13.5% to 19.2%)20315.8(13.4% to 18.1%)
Postgraduate Degree758.7(6.7% to 10.6%)1088.4(6.9% to 10.2%)
Private owned59566.0(62.6% to 70.1%)79959.4(56.4% to 63.0%)
Private rented16518.3(15.0% to 21.4%)29021.6(18.9% to 24.4%)
council housing869.5(7.6% to 11.7%)17312.9(11.0% to 14.9%)
Other556.1(4.6% to 7.7%)826.1(4.9% to 7.4%)
  • *All CIs calculated as per Ng et al, 2013.

  • GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; NVQ, National Vocational Qualifications.