Life disruptions and exposure to intimate partner violence among women obtaining abortions, by poverty status, 2008 Abortion Patient Survey
| Poverty status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women | <100% | 100–199% | 200+% | ||
| Women's responses to question: “In the last 12 months have you experienced any of the following?” | (n=9493) | (n=3990) | (n=2544) | (n=2959) | p |
| I was unemployed or looking for work for at least a month | 19.9 | 25.3 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 0.000 |
| I separated from my partner/husband | 16.2 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 14.0 | 0.013 |
| I fell behind on my rent or mortgage | 14.4 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 0.000 |
| I moved two or more times | 11.8 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 0.000 |
| A close friend died | 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 0.274 |
| I had a baby | 10.2 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 0.000 |
| A dependent/family member had a serious health problem | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 0.362 |
| My partner was in jail or incarcerated | 5.7 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 0.000 |
| I had a serious health problem | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.763 |
| I was the victim of a robbery or assault | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.266 |
| My home was burglarised | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.340 |
| Number of events | |||||
| One or more | 57.4 | 62.8 | 58.8 | 48.9 | 0.000 |
| Two or more | 25.4 | 29.9 | 26.1 | 18.5 | 0.000 |
| Three or more | 11.2 | 14.6 | 11.2 | 6.5 | 0.000 |
| Has the man who got you pregnant ever | |||||
| Hit, slapped, kicked or otherwise physically hurt you? | 5.8 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 0.000 |
| Forced you to so something sexual when you didn't want to? | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.000 |
| Either of the above? | 7.0 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 0.000 |