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Table 1 Participant characteristics by Prison

From: Trajectories of victimization to violence among incarcerated women

 

Prison I

n = 256

%/mean(SD)

Prison II

n = 804

%/mean(SD)

SHU

n = 58

%/mean(SD)

Total*

N = 1118

%/mean(SD)

Sig

p < .05

Perpetrated violence

     

Intimidation (sum) (0–14)

2.2 (2.8)

1.4 (2.4)

2.1 (2.7)

1.6 (2.5)

*

Physical violence (sum) (0–13)

2.8 (3.0)

2.2 (2.6)

3.6 (3.1)

2.4 (2.8)

*

Types of abuse experienced (count) < 18

3.6 (3.6)

2.8 (3.1)

4.3(3.4)

3.1 (3.3)

*

Criminal justice predictors

     

Age of first arrest < 18

39.6

31.7

60.7

35.0

*

Number of arrests

11.0 (19.5)

14.2 (21.9)

14.6 (19.4)

13.5 (21.3)

 

Substance use predictors

     

Number of substances used (0–8)

2.0 (1.4)

2.2 (1.6)

2.8 (1.9)

2.2 (1.6)

*

Race/ethnicity

    

*

White

25.8

30.3

13.8

28.4

 

Hispanic/Latina

28.1

34.3

36.2

33.0

 

Black/African American

24.6

16.2

27.6

18.7

 

Multiracial

12.1

11.2

22.4

12.0

 

Other/unknown

9.4

8.0

0.0

7.9

 

Age (at baseline interview)

40.1 (12.5)

36.0 (9.9)

33.5 (8.8)

36.8 (10.6)

*

Education (HS/GED or higher)

4.5

5.1

6.9

5.1

 

Marital status

    

*

Single/never married

41.7

45.1

64.9

45.4

 

Living together/legally married

30.7

30.0

21.1

29.7

 

Separated/divorced/widowed

27.6

24.8

14.0

24.9

 
  1. *N’s vary for each variable due to missing data. Arrest variables had the highest amount of missing data with a total of 1076 valid cases for number of arrests, and 1091 valid cases for age of first arrest