Table 1 Mean and percentage for scale of economic violence
Economic exploitation [18 items (1–18)] | Mean score | % | S.D | S.E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | “Convince you to lend him money but not pay it back”. | 1.88 | 37.52 | 1.22 | 0.07 |
2 | “Take money from your purse, wallet, or bank account without your permission and/or knowledge”. | 1.39 | 27.80 | 0.84 | 0.05 |
3 | “Pay bills late or not pay bills that were in your name or in both of your names”. | 1.45 | 29.10 | 0.80 | 0.04 |
4 | “Spend the money you needed for rent or other bills”. | 1.29 | 25.84 | 0.76 | 0.04 |
5 | “Force you to give him money or let him use your checkbook, ATM card, or credit card”. | 1.12 | 22.38 | 0.38 | 0.02 |
6 | “Steal your property”. | 1.09 | 21.86 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
7 | “Build up debt under your name by doing things like use your credit card or run up the phone bill”. | 1.21 | 24.13 | 0.50 | 0.03 |
8 | “Have you asked your family or friends for money but not let you pay them back” | 1.45 | 29.10 | 0.99 | 0.05 |
9 | “Demand to know how money was spent”. | 1.71 | 34.21 | 1.19 | 0.07 |
10 | “Decide how you could spend money rather than letting you spend it how you saw fit” | 1.68 | 33.64 | 1.25 | 0.07 |
11 | “Do things to keep you from having money of your own”. | 1.55 | 30.96 | 0.79 | 0.04 |
12 | “Keep you from having the money you needed to buy food, clothes, or other necessities”. | 1.72 | 34.32 | 1.06 | 0.06 |
13 | “Hide money so that you could not find it”. | 1.43 | 28.53 | 0.84 | 0.05 |
14 | “Keep financial information from you”. | 1.95 | 39.07 | 1.32 | 0.07 |
15 | “Make you ask him for money”. | 1.69 | 33.75 | 1.13 | 0.06 |
16 | “Demand that you give him receipts and/or change when you spent money”. | 1.55 | 31.06 | 0.90 | 0.05 |
17 | “Take your paycheck, financial aid check, tax refund check, disability payment, or other support payments from you”. | 1.42 | 28.32 | 0.75 | 0.04 |
18 | “Threaten you or beat you up for paying the bills or buying things that were needed”. | 1.82 | 36.38 | 1.19 | 0.07 |
Overall mean | 1.52 | 30.44 | 0.91 | 0.05 | |
Employment sabotage [6 items (19–24)] | |||||
19 | “Refuse you to get a job”. | 2.10 | 41.96 | 1.31 | 0.07 |
20 | “Do things to keep you from going to your job”. | 2.02 | 40.41 | 1.37 | 0.08 |
21 | “Demand that you quit your job”. | 2.26 | 45.17 | 1.49 | 0.08 |
22 | “Steal the car keys or take the car so you couldn’t go look for a job or go to a job interview/Transportation problems”. | 2.23 | 44.55 | 1.48 | 0.08 |
23 | “Beat you up if you said you needed to go to work”. | 1.43 | 28.68 | 0.81 | 0.04 |
24 | “Threaten you to make you leave work”. | 1.93 | 38.50 | 1.09 | 0.06 |
Overall mean | 1.99 | 38.88 | 39.88 | 0.07 | |
Economic control [5 items (25–29)] | |||||
25 | “Demand to know how money was spent”. | 1.22 | 24.50 | 0.67 | 0.04 |
26 | “Decide how you could spend money rather than letting you spend it how you saw fit”. | 1.21 | 24.24 | 0.72 | 0.04 |
27 | “Do things to keep you from having money of your own”. | 1.35 | 27.08 | 0.86 | 0.05 |
28 | “Make important financial decisions without talking with you about it first”. | 2.27 | 45.32 | 1.44 | 0.08 |
29 | “Keep you from having the money you needed to buy food, clothes, or other necessities”. | 1.74 | 34.88 | 1.08 | 0.06 |
Overall mean | 1.56 | 31.02 | 0.95 | 0.05 | |
Combined mean | 1.63 | 32.53 | 0.99 | 0.05 | |