title: Intimate partner violence among hispanic men and women: the role of drinking, neighborhood disorder, and acculturation-related factors.
abstract: Using secondary data analysis, this study assessed the contribution of drinking, neighborhood disorder, and acculturation-related factors to past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) risk among a national sample of married or cohabiting Hispanic men (n = 1,148) and women (n = 1,399) who participated in the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Drinking measures were past-year alcohol abuse, past-month binge drinking, and number of past-year drinking days. Neighborhood disorder was measured by perceived level of neighborhood problems. Acculturation-related factors were nativity and survey interview language preference (Spanish vs. English). Similar proportions of men and women reported IPV perpetration (6.1% vs. 6.5%) and IPV victimization (8.8% vs. 7.8%). Logistic regression results indicated that for men, neighborhood disorder was associated with IPV perpetration (odds ratio [OR] = 1.55) and victimization (OR = 1.36). For women, neighborhood disorder (OR = 1.34) and their alcohol abuse (OR = 10.26) were associated with IPV victimization, but not IPV perpetration. Acculturation-related factors were not associated with IPV perpetration or victimization for men or women. The findings suggest that IPV prevention efforts should address deleterious neighborhood conditions in addition to individual-level factors that place couples at risk for IPV.
authors.affiliation: Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. cunradi@prev.org
authors.forename: Carol B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Cunradi
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult