Ten Risk Factors

• Male unemployed
• Male uses illicit drugs at least once each year.
• Male and female have different
  religlous backgrounds
• Male saw father hit mother
• Male and female cohabit and are not married
• Male has blue-collar occupation, if employed
• Male did not graduate from high school
• Male is between 18 and 30 years of age
• Male or female use severe violence toward
  children in home
• Total family income is below poverty line

Previous domestic violence is the highest
risk factor for the future abuse. Homes with two
of these others show twice as much violence
as those with none. In those with seven or
more factors, the violence rate is 40 times higher.
Getting Help These national informaton and
referral centers handle domestic violence calls
from male and female victims as well as abusers,
whether gay or straight. Or contact local
mental health organizations.