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Table 2 Domestic Violence Exposure: Types and Perpetrators

From: The prevalence of exposure to domestic violence and the factors associated with co-occurrence of psychological and physical violence exposure: a sample from primary care patients

Domestic violence types

Within all

participants

(n = 829)

Reported cases of violence

(n = 127)

Psychol.

violence

(n = 78)

Psychol. and Physic.

violence

(n = 49)

 

Male

(n = 323)

Female

(n = 506)

Male

(n = 26)

Female

(n = 101)

Male

(n = 15)

Female

(n = 63)

Male

(n = 11)

Female

(n = 38)

Domestic violence exposure

   

p = 0.057

 

p = 0.465

 

p = 0.002

rarely

3.7

4.3

46.2

21.8

33.3

28.6

63.6

10.5

occasionally

1.2

6.7

15.4

33.7

20.0

41.3

9.1

21.1

often

0.9

3.8

11.5

18.8

20.0

12.7

0.0

28.9

constantly

2.2

5.1

26.9

25.7

26.7

17.5

27.3

39.5

Domestic violence perpetrator

   

p = 0.008

 

p = 0.542

 

p = 0.005

partner

2.2

12.1

26.9

60.4

40.0

55.6

9.1

68.4

partner and other family member

1.2

1.2

15.4

5.9

13.3

6.3

18.2

5.3

other family member

4.6

6.7

57.7

33.7

46.7

38.1

72.7

26.3