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Table 6 Prevalence per 100 (95% CI) of being a victim, perpetrator and witness of different forms of violence, by sex and marital status.

From: Violence witnessing, perpetrating and victimization in medellin, Colombia: a random population survey

Types of violence

Sex

P value

Men

P value

Women

P value

 

Man

Woman

 

Without partner

With partner

 

Without partner

With partner

 

During past year

         

Verbal aggression

         

Victim

31.8

25.6

**

37.4

23.0

***

29.6

19.6

***

 

(28.7 - 34.8)

(23.1 - 28.1)

 

(33.4 - 41.6)

(18.7 - 27.7)

 

(26.3 - 33.1)

(16.1 - 23.4)

 

Perpetrator

28.1

21.4

***

34.7

17.9

***

25.0

16.2

***

 

(25.2 - 31.1)

(19.1 - 23.8)

 

(30.8 - 38.9)

(14.1 - 22.3)

 

(21.8 - 28.2)

(13.0 - 19.8)

 

Witness

63.8

56.5

***

70.0

54.3

***

60.8

50.1

***

 

(60.6 - 67.0)

(53.7 - 59.4)

 

(66.0 - 73.8)

(49.0 - 59.6)

 

(57.1 - 64.4)

(45.5 - 54.7)

 

Defraud or deceive

         

Victim

17.5

10.4

***

19.7

14.0

*

12.1

7.8

*

 

(15.0 - 19.9)

(8.6 - 12.1)

 

(16.5 - 23.3)

(10.6 - 18.0)

 

(9.7 - 14.5)

(5.5 - 10.6)

 

Perpetrator

4.5

1.8

***

6.1

2.0

***

2.8

0.2

***

 

(3.2 - 5.9)

(1.0 - 2.5)

 

(4.1 - 8.2)

(0.8 - 4.0)

 

(1.6 - 4.0)

(0.0 - 1.2)

 

Witness

35.1

20.7

***

40.0

27.5

***

23.6

16.2

**

 

(32.0 - 38.2)

(18.4 - 23.0)

 

(35.9 - 44.2)

(22.9 - 32.4)

 

(20.4 - 26.7)

(13.0 - 19.8)

 

Yelling and heavy pranks

         

Victim

29.9

19.1

***

34.5

22.7

***

22.7

13.5

***

 

(26.9 - 32.9)

(16.8 - 21.3)

 

(30.6 - 38.7)

(18.4 - 27.4)

 

(19.6 - 25.8)

(10.5 - 16.9)

 

Perpetrator

26.0

10.3

***

33.5

14.6

***

14.1

4.4

***

 

(23.2 - 28.9)

(8.6 - 12.0)

 

(29.5 - 37.6)

(11.1 - 18.7)

 

(11.5 - 16.7)

(2.8 - 6.7)

 

Witness

54.6

42.4

***

64.0

40.1

***

48.2

33.9

***

 

(51.3 - 57.9)

(39.6 - 45.3)

 

(59.9 - 68.0)

(34.9 - 45.3)

 

(44.5 - 52.0)

(29.6 - 38.3)

 

Unarmed aggression

         

Victim

26.3

19.1

***

30.2

20.2

***

20.6

16.8

 
 

(23.4 - 29.1)

(16.8 - 21.3)

 

(26.4 - 34.2)

(16.1 - 24.7)

 

(17.6 - 23.6)

(13.6 - 20.5)

 

Perpetrator

25.2

20.0

**

28.4

20.2

***

21.4

17.9

 
 

(22.3 - 28.0)

(17.7 - 22.3)

 

(24.7 - 32.3)

(16.1 - 24.7)

 

(18.4 - 24.5)

(14.6 - 21.6)

 

Witness

34.6

25.7

***

39.1

27.7

***

27.9

22.3

*

 

(31.5 - 37.7)

(23.2 - 28.1)

 

(35.0 - 43.3)

(23.1 - 32.7)

 

(24.6 - 31.2)

(18.6 - 26.3)

 

During life time

         

Armed threat

         

Victim

27.3

14.8

***

26.9

27.7

 

14.8

14.7

 
 

(24.4 - 30.1)

(12.7 - 16.8)

 

(23.3 - 30.8)

(23.1 - 32.7)

 

(12.2 - 17.4)

(11.7 - 18.2)

 

Perpetrator

4.1

0.7

***

3.6

4.8

 

0.7

0.6

 
 

(2.8 - 5.3)

(0.2 - 1.1)

 

(2.1 - 5.2)

(2.8 - 7.5)

 

(0.1 - 1.3)

(0.1 - 1.8)

 

Witness

46.5

33.8

***

49.7

41.5

*

33.3

34.7

 
 

(43.2 - 49.8)

(31.1 - 36.5)

 

(45.5 - 54.0)

(36.3 - 46.8)

 

(29.8 - 36.9)

(30.5 - 39.2)

 

Severe threat

         

Victim

10.2

7.7

*

9.4

11.5

 

7.1

8.4

 
 

(8.3 - 12.2)

(6.2 - 9.2)

 

(7.0 - 11.8)

(8.4 - 15.3)

 

(5.2 - 8.9)

(6.1 - 11.3)

 

Perpetrator

1.1

0.3

*

1.3

0.8

 

0.4

0.2

 
 

(0.4 - 1.8)

(0.0 - 0.7)

 

(0.3 - 2.2)

(0.2 - 2.4)

 

(-0.1 - 0.9)

(0.0 - 1.2)

 

Witness

31.0

20.2

***

32.2

29.1

 

20.1

20.3

 
 

(28.0 - 34.0)

(17.9 - 22.4)

 

(28.3 - 36.3)

(24.5 - 34.1)

 

(17.1 - 23.0)

(16.8 - 24.2)

 

Unarmed robbery

         

Victim

22.1

21.0

 

22.2

21.8

 

21.0

21.1

 
 

(19.4 - 24.8)

(18.7 - 23.3)

 

(18.8 - 25.9)

(17.7 - 26.5)

 

(18.0 - 24.0)

(17.5 - 25.0)

 

Perpetrator

4.2

0.6

***

5.4

2.2

**

0.7

0.4

 
 

(2.9 - 5.5)

(0.2 - 1.0)

 

(3.5 - 7.3)

(1.0 - 4.4)

 

(0.1 - 1.3)

(0.1 - 1.5)

 

Witness

30.5

21.6

***

35.0

23.5

***

22.4

20.4

 
 

(27.5 - 33.5)

(19.3 - 23.9)

 

(31.0 - 39.1)

(19.2 - 28.3)

 

(19.4 - 25.5)

(16.9 - 24.3)

 

Armed physical aggression

         

Victim

12.5

3.8

***

11.0

14.8

 

4.2

3.2

 
 

(10.4 - 14.7)

(2.7 - 4.9)

 

(8.5 - 13.9)

(11.3 - 19.0)

 

(2.7 - 5.7)

(1.8 - 5.2)

 

Perpetrator

3.7

0.4

***

3.6

3.9

 

0.6

0.2

 
 

(2.5 - 5.0)

(0.1 - 0.8)

 

(2.1 - 5.2)

(2.2 - 6.5)

 

(0.0 - 1.1)

(0.0 - 1.2)

 

Witness

42.1

26.5

***

43.0

40.6

 

25.2

28.2

 
 

(38.9 - 45.3)

(24.0 - 29.0)

 

(38.9 - 47.3)

(35.5 - 45.9)

 

(22.0 - 28.4)

(24.2 - 32.5)

 

Sexual aggression

         

Victim

3.1

8.1

***

4.0

1.7

*

9.3

6.3

 
 

(2.0 - 4.2)

(6.5 - 9.7)

 

(2.3 - 5.6)

(0.6 - 3.6)

 

(7.2 - 11.4)

(4.3 - 8.9)

 

Perpetrator

2.3

0.3

***

3.3

0.8

**

0.4

ND

NA

 

(1.3 - 3.3)

(0.0 - 0.5)

 

(1.8 - 4.7)

(0.2 - 2.4)

 

(-0.1 - 0.9)

  

Witness

15.7

8.5

***

19.2

10.4

***

8.9

8.0

 
 

(13.3 - 18.1)

(6.9 - 10.1)

 

(16.0 - 22.7)

(7.4 - 14.0)

 

(6.8 - 11.0)

(5.7 - 10.8)

 
 

n = 910

n = 1185

 

n = 553

n = 357

 

n = 709

n = 475

 
  1. Medellin, Colombia. 2003 - 2004
  2. *P < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
  3. ND: No data
  4. NA: Does not apply