Intimate partner violence, dependence symptoms and social consequences from drinking among white, black and Hispanic couples in the United States

This study estimates the association of intimate partner violence (IPV)and alcohol-dependence symptoms, social consequences from drinking, and drug us e among white, black, and Hispanic couples. A probability, sample of 555 wh ite, 358 black, and 527 Hispanic couples in the U.S. household population w as interviewed in 1995. The response rate was 85% Bivariate analysis indica tes that most problem status variables are associated with increased rates of male-to-female (MFPV) and female-to-male (FMPV) partner violence. Logist ic regression analyses showed that predictors of MFPV and FMPV vary by ethn icity.