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TheConsequencesofIntimatePartnerViolence

VictimizationBySexualOrientation

Feb rua ry 2014

CrimeVictims’InstituteCollegeofCriminalJustice●SamHoustonStateUniversity

ReportNo.2014‐02

MariaKoeppelLeanaA.Bouffard,Ph.D.

Table1.DescriptiveCharacteristicsofRespondents

Age 45.1 Gender

Female 51.1% Male 48.9%

Race White 82.3% AfricanAmerican 8.0% Other 9.8%

Ethnicity Hispanic 7.1% Non‐Hispanic 92.9%

Employment

Employedpartorfulltime 70.0% Unemployed/Notworking 30.0% Education Lessthanhighschooldiploma 10.3% Highschooldiplomaorgreater 89.7%

SexualOrientation

99.0% Homosexual 1.0% Heterosexual

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Figure3:HealthIssuesbyTypeofIPVVictimization

Figure4:AlcoholUseScorebyTypeofIPVVictimization

Figure2:DepressionScorebyTypeofIPVVictimization

Figure1.IPVVictimizationbySexualOrientationGroup

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Figure6:DepressionScoresbySexualOrientation

Figure7:HealthIssuesbySexualOrientationandIPVVictimization

Figure8:AlcoholUseScorebySexualOrientationandIPVVictimization

Figure5:DrugUsebyTypeofIPVVictimization

Figure9:DrugUsebySexualOrientationandIPVVictimization

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Conclusion

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ResourcesNationalDomesticViolenceHotline(includingsamesexrelationships):1−800−799−SAFE

NationalCrisisHotline(substanceuse):1‐800‐521‐7128

GayandLesbianNationalHotline:1‐888‐843‐4564

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