Table 4 Number of DFV events with male and female victims across the five age groups within the six categories of behaviour linked to coercive control (n = 223,778)
From: Text mining domestic violence police narratives to identify behaviours linked to coercive control
Coercive control related behaviours | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Verbal abuse | Property damage* | Other abuse | Harassment | Financial abuse | Social abuse | ||
Gender | |||||||
Male (n = 53,327) | 20,880 (39.2) | 17,636 (33.1) | 9,790 (18.4) | 3,563 (6.7) | 1,279 (2.4) | 179 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
Female (n = 165,925) | 65,112 (39.2) | 46,920 (28.3) | 33,564 (20.2) | 13,773 (8.3) | 5,758 (3.5) | 798 (0.5) | |
Age group | |||||||
< 18 (n = 13,350) | 6,338 (47.5%) | 2,208 (16.5%) | 3,280 (24.6%) | 871 (6.5%) | 583 (4.4%) | 70 (0.5%) | < 0.001 |
18–24 (n = 37,847) | 14,394 (38.0%) | 10,346 (27.3%) | 7,949 (21.0%) | 3,424 (9.1%) | 1,561 (4.1%) | 173 (0.5%) | |
25–44 (n = 111,509) | 42,637 (38.2%) | 33,081 (29.7%) | 21,704 (19.5%) | 9,852 (8.8%) | 3,686 (3.3%) | 549 (0.5%) | |
45–64 (n = 48,668) | 19,139 (39.3%) | 16,588 (34.1%) | 8,838 (18.2%) | 2,880 (5.9%) | 1,068 (2.2%) | 155 (0.3%) | |
> = 65 (n = 8,093) | 3,558 (44.0%) | 2,383 (29.5%) | 1,617 (20.0%) | 345 (4.3%) | 156 (1.9%) | 34 (0.4%) | |