Men's Rights Agency - Domestic Violence
Aggression in British Heterosexual Relationships: A Descriptive Analysis
Michelle Carrado, M.J. George, Elizabeth Loxam, L. Jones and Dale Templar
3. MORE RESULTS
Socio-economic Categories, Age and Geographical Region
Data were also analyzed by grouping respondents into two broad socioeconomic categories (ABC1 and C2DE), by age in three categories (15-34, 35-54 and 55+), and according to three geographical regions (North, Midlands, South). Reported incidences for any of the five acts of physical victimization is shown in Table IV for these variables. Both for all relationships, and solely in current relationships, sustained victimization was higher for the C2DE category of socioeconomic class. Inflicted victimization admitted for any act was, however, more equivalent between the two socioeconomic categories, especially for women (ABC1 men 7%, women 10%; C2DE men 12%, women 12%). The reported incidence of either sustained or inflicted victimization was highest for the youngest age group and decreased with age. The percentages of men and women reporting victimization varied by geographical region, with the highest percentages of women reporting any act of victimization being women in the Midlands for all relationships and women in the North for current relationships. Men in the South were the most victimized men both for all and current relationships.
TABLE IV. Relationship Status, Social Class, Age and Region*
All relationships |
Current relationships | |||
% Men |
% Women |
% Men |
% Women |
|
| Married/cohabiting | 15 |
9 |
11 |
4 |
| Single dating | 22 |
21 |
11 |
6 |
| ABC1 | 15 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
| C2DE | 20 |
14 |
13 |
5 |
| 15-34 | 25 |
21 |
16 |
6 |
| 35-54 | 18 |
12 |
12 |
5 |
| 55+ | 7 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
| North | 16 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
| Midlands | 18 |
17 |
12 |
5 |
| South | 19 |
13 |
13 |
2 |
| *The percentages of men and women identifying any act of victimization across all or current relationships broken down according to the categories of relationships status (married/cohabiting and single dating), socioeconomic category (ABC1, C2DE), age, (15-34, 35-54, 55+), and geographical region of the UK (North, Midlands, South). Figures are percentages of each individual subsample and sample sizes ranged between 600 and 295 for all relationships and between 557 and 170 for current relationships. A difference of 5-8% or more for these sample sizes would indicate a statistically significant difference (5% level). | ||||
When the total sample was broken down into the categories of relationship status, socioeconomic category, age and geographical region, disparities in item victimization were seen in these subsamples as compared to the data for men and women as a whole. For instance, while overall significantly more men than women reported being slapped, women in the Midlands across all relationships reported being slapped almost equally to Midland men (11% vs. 12%). In current relationships, however more men in the Midlands reported this item of victimization (10% vs. 4%) in line with the overall male/female pattern. Another example of disparity is seen for the item "punched or kicked." Marginally more single dating women and women aged 15-34, than single dating men or men aged 15-34, reported this act of victimization across all relationships (10% vs. 9% in both cases).
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