Receiving threatening or obscene messages from a partner and mental health, self-harm and suicidality: results from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic profile of those exposed and not exposed to repeated threatening/obscene messaging from a partner or ex-partner

	Total^a		Past year exposure		Ever exposed (including past year)		Never exposed		p-value^b
	N	Weighted %	n	Weighted %	n	Weighted %	n	Weighted %	p-value^b
Total	6804	100	124	1.7	484	6.6	6320	93.4
Characteristics
Sex
Men	2731	48.3	41	45.8	114	32.1	2617	49.4	< 0.001
Women	4073	51.7	83	54.2	369	67.9	3704	50.6
Age
16–24	461	12.5	18	24.3	53	18.4	408	12.1	0.005
25–34	971	17.5	43	33.0	129	28.7	842	16.7
35–44	1099	16.6	27	17.8	106	20.0	993	16.4
45–54	1213	18.2	25	19.5	110	20.0	1103	18.1
55 +	3060	35.2	11	5.4	86	12.9	2974	36.8
Ethnic group
White British	5824	82.3	101	78.5	413	83.6	5411	82.2	0.505
Other	963	17.7	23	21.5	69	16.4	894	17.8
Marital/cohabitation status
Married/cohabiting	3896	64.6	25	29.7	181	47.3	3715	65.9	< 0.001
Single	1301	21.7	61	50.5	165	34.7	1136	20.7
Divorced	1607	13.7	38	19.8	138	18.0	1469	13.4
Economic activity
Employed	3745	61.5	82	66.5	316	69.9	3429	60.9	< 0.001
Unemployed	189	3.1	7	6.1	23	5.3	166	2.9
Other	2870	35.4	35	27.3	145	24.8	2725	36.2
Tenure
Owner occupied	4510	65.2	42	65.6	192	42.0	4318	66.8	< 0.001
Social renter	1084	15.0	30	14.8	134	26.0	950	14.2
Private or other	1177	19.9	51	19.6	154	32.0	1023	19.0
Equivalised household income quintiles
Highest income	1072	16.4	11	7.5	50	11.0	1022	16.7	0.002
2nd	1037	15.2	19	13.7	73	16.6	964	15.2
3rd	1151	15.8	28	21.3	88	16.7	1063	15.8
4th	1145	15.0	23	20.9	84	15.6	1061	15.0
Lowest income	1057	14.1	32	20.9	113	18.7	944	13.8
Missing	1342	23.4	10	15.8	76	21.3	1266	23.6

^aTotal: adults aged 16 or over reporting having had at least one partner (girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse)
^bAssociation between characteristic and threatening or obscene messaging ever