Examining the role of firearm involvement in repeat intimate partner violence assaults

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

Cohort Characteristics - Perpetrators who employed firearm threats during index assault
	Total		Firearm threats = yes		Firearm threats = no		χ², p value
	N = 346		N = 25		N = 321
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Perpetrator race
Black	325	93.93	23	92.00	302	94.08	χ² = 0.23, p value = 0.89
White	9	2.60	1	4.00	8	2.49
Other	12	3.46	1	4.00	11	3.43
Perpetrator age
18–24	69	19.94	3	12.00	66	20.56	χ² = 6.81, p value = 0.08
25–34	141	40.75	7	28.00	134	41.74
35–44	81	23.41	11	44.00	70	21.81
45 and over	55	15.89	4	16.00	51	15.89
Relationship status
Married	80	23.12	6	24.00	74	23.05	χ² = 1.48, p value = 0.69
Child-in-common	196	56.64	12	48.00	184	57.32
Dating	55	15.89	5	20.00	50	15.58
Separated	15	4.33	2	8.00	13	4.05
Strangulation	142	41.04	8	32.00	134	41.74	χ² = 0.91, p value = 0.34
Substance use	110	31.79	7	28.00	103	32.09	χ² = 0.18, p value = 0.67
Custodial sentence	161	46.53	12	48.00	149	46.42	χ² = 0.02, p value = 0.88
Economic abuse	169	48.84	9	36.00	160	49.84	χ² = 1.78 p value = 0.18
Prior non-IPV assaults	136	39.30	9	36.00	127	39.56	χ² = 0.12, p value = 0.72
Prior IPV assaults	240	69.36	18	72.00	222	69.16	χ² = 0.09, p value = 0.77
Firearm use in prior IPV assaults	39	11.27	3	12.00	36	11.21	χ² = 0.01, p value = 0.90
Firearm use in future IPV assault	18	5.20	3	12.00	15	4.67	χ² = 2.52, p value = 0.11
Arrest at index assault	88	25.43	10	40.00	78	24.30	χ² = 3.01, p value = 0.08
Violation of conditional release order	179	51.73	12	48.00	167	52.02	χ² = 0.15, p value = 0.70

Firearm threats is coded as 1 if the perpetrator was armed and made explicit threats towards the victim. Individual relationship classification are combined into four broad categories

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