Assessment of intimate partner violence abuse ratings by recently abused and never abused women

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Women’s ratings of perceptions of severity by abuse type (Medians and Mann Whitney U Statistics)

	Reported Never Abused (n = 32)	Screened as Abused (n = 30)	U-value**	P-value
	Avg Median Rating (0–100)		U-value**	P-value
Name-calling	60	50	70.63	*0.02
Put-downs	68	50	70.84	*0.01
Threats	80	72	69.04	0.82
Jealousy	70	56.5	69.07	0.34
Stalking	80	91	68.78	0.62
Control	77	65.5	68.96	0.69
Objects Thrown	89	82	70.35	0.62
Slapped	90	91	68.05	0.26
Hit	99.5	99	66.83	0.71
Bruises	98	99	67.97	0.42
Hit w/Object	98.5	100	65.9	0.21
Fractures	100	100	61.08	0.93
Burns	100	100	44.12	0.98
Choked	98	99	47.18	0.5
Loss of Consciousness	100	100	58.91	0.84
Forced Sex	100	100	63	0.29
Forced Sex w/Objects	100	100	49.58	0.79
Held Captive	99	99.5	61.69	0.87
Knife/Gun Wound	100	100	53.73	0.08
Killed	100	100	29.7	0.24

* Denotes statistical significance at p = 0.05
** Differences in U-values for comparison of the same medians (i.e.: 100) occur when the distributions of perceived severity varies between groups

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