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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics: “women seeking help because of partner-abuse” and “random sample of abused women” in Norway

From: Intimate partner violence associated with low quality of life - a cross-sectional study

 

Seeking help

(n = 82)

 

Random sample

(n = 469)

 
 

Abused

Abused

Non-Abused

 
 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

p-value1

Age

38.4

(11.1)

42.9

(13.6)

45.5

(13.1)

<  0.001

Year of education after primary school

4.8

(3.2)

5.5

(3.1)

5.4

(3.0)

0.238

Psychological violence V/E

28.6

(7.2)

15.0

(6.7)

7.9

(1.7)

< 0.001

Psychological violence D/I

25.2

(8.7)

12.1

(6.4)

7.5

(1.0)

< 0.001

  1. 1From ANOVA