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Table 7 Prevalence per 100 (95% CI) of being a victim, perpetrator and witness of different forms of violence, by socioeconomic status and sex (12 to 60 years of age).

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

Types of violence

Men

P value

Women

P value

 

Low

Middle

High

 

Low

Middle

High

 

During past year

        

Verbal aggression

        

Victim

30.4

33.5

30.0

 

28.6

23.6

23.0

 
 

(26.0 - 35.1)

(28.9 - 38.3)

(20.8 - 40.6)

 

(24.6 - 32.9)

(20.1 - 27.4)

(16.7 - 30.3)

 

Perpetrator

28.2

27.2

32.2

 

25.3

20.8

11.8

**

 

(23.9 - 32.8)

(22.9 - 31.8)

(22.8 - 42.9)

 

(21.5 - 29.4)

(17.5 - 24.5)

(7.3 - 17.8)

 

Witness

61.0

64.1

75.6

*

58.1

54.4

59.0

 
 

(56.1 - 65.8)

(59.2 - 68.7)

(65.4 - 84.0)

 

(53.5 - 62.5)

(50.1 - 58.7)

(51.0 - 66.7)

 

Defraud or deceive

        

Victim

13.7

20.4

21.1

*

12.2

8.9

9.9

 
 

(10.5 - 17.5)

(16.6 - 24.6)

(13.2 - 31.0)

 

(9.5 - 15.5)

(6.6 - 11.6)

(5.8 - 15.6)

 

Perpetrator

3.7

6.1

1.1

 

3.1

0.9

0.6

*

 

(2.1 - 6.0)

(4.0 - 8.8)

(0.0 - 6.0)

 

(1.8 - 5.1)

(0.1 - 1.7)

(0.0 - 3.4)

 

Witness

33.8

34.2

44.4

 

24.1

17.2

22.4

*

 

(29.2 - 38.6)

(29.6 - 39.0)

(34.0 - 55.3)

 

(20.3 - 28.1)

(14.1 - 20.6)

(16.2 - 29.6)

 

Yelling and heavy pranks

        

Victim

29.7

29.9

31.1

 

21.2

18.5

14.9

 
 

(25.3 - 34.3)

(25.5 - 34.5)

(21.8 - 41.7)

 

(17.6 - 25.1)

(15.3 - 22.0)

(9.8 - 21.4)

 

Perpetrator

28.7

24.3

22.2

 

11.8

10.1

6.2

 
 

(24.3 - 33.3)

(20.2 - 28.7)

(14.1 - 32.2)

 

(9.1 - 15.0)

(7.7 - 13.0)

(3.0 - 11.1)

 

Witness

52.7

55.1

61.1

 

43.8

42.4

38.5

 
 

(47.7 - 57.6)

(50.2 - 60.0)

(50.3 - 71.2)

 

(39.3 - 48.3)

(38.2 - 46.7)

(31.0 - 46.5)

 

Unarmed aggression

        

Victim

30.1

24.0

18.9

 

21.8

17.3

16.8

 
 

(25.7 - 34.9)

(20.0 - 28.5)

(11.4 - 28.5)

 

(18.2 - 25.7)

(14.2 - 20.8)

(11.4 - 23.5)

 

Perpetrator

27.9

23.8

18.9

 

22.6

19.4

14.3

 
 

(23.6 - 32.6)

(19.8 - 28.2)

(11.4 - 28.5)

 

(19.0 - 26.6)

(16.1 - 23.0)

(9.3 - 20.7)

 

Witness

37.7

31.6

34.4

 

29.7

22.3

24.8

*

 

(33.0 - 42.6)

(27.1 - 36.3)

(24.7 - 45.2)

 

(25.6 - 34.0)

(18.9 - 26.1)

(18.4 - 32.3)

 

During life time

        

Armed threat

        

Victim

23.5

30.3

30.0

 

12.4

15.9

18.0

 
 

(19.5 - 28.0)

(25.9 - 35.0)

(20.8 - 40.6)

 

(9.6 - 15.7)

(12.9 - 19.2)

(12.4 - 24.8)

 

Perpetrator

4.2

4.6

1.1

 

1.7

ND

ND

NA

 

(2.4 - 6.6)

(2.8 - 7.1)

(0.0 - 6.0)

 

(0.7 - 3.2)

   

Witness

43.1

48.3

53.3

 

34.2

33.8

32.9

 
 

(38.3 - 48.1)

(43.4 - 53.2)

(42.5 - 63.9)

 

(30.0 - 38.7)

(29.8 - 37.9)

(25.7 - 40.8)

 

Severe threat

        

Victim

12.0

9.2

6.7

 

7.9

6.8

9.9

 
 

(9.0 - 15.6)

(6.6 - 12.4)

(2.5 - 13.9)

 

(5.6 - 10.7)

(4.7 - 8.9)

(5.8 - 15.6)

 

Perpetrator

1.5

1.0

  

0.2

0.4

0.6

 
 

(0.5 - 3.2)

(0.3 - 2.5)

ND

 

(0.0 - 1.2)

(-0.1 - 0.9)

(0.0 - 3.4)

 

Witness

31.9

30.6

28.9

 

24.0

17.0

19.3

*

 

(27.4 - 36.6)

(26.2 - 35.3)

(19.8 - 39.4)

 

(20.2 - 28.0)

(14.0 - 20.5)

(13.5 - 26.2)

 

Unarmed robbery

        

Victim

19.1

23.8

27.8

 

20.1

19.9

27.3

 
 

(15.4 - 23.3)

(19.8 - 28.2)

(18.9 - 38.2)

 

(16.6 - 24.0)

(16.6 - 23.5)

(20.6 - 34.9)

 

Perpetrator

5.1

3.9

1.1

 

1.5

  

NA

 

(3.2 - 7.8)

(2.2 - 6.2)

(0.0 - 6.0)

 

(0.6 - 3.0)

ND

ND

 

Witness

26.0

35.0

30.0

 

22.4

20.7

22.4

 
 

(21.8 - 30.6)

(30.3 - 39.8)

(20.8 - 40.6)

 

(18.8 - 26.4)

(17.3 - 24.3)

(16.2 - 29.6)

 

Armed physical aggression

        

Victim

12.5

13.3

8.9

 

4.8

3.0

3.7

 
 

(9.5 - 16.1)

(10.2 - 17.0)

(3.9 - 16.8)

 

(3.0 - 7.1)

(1.5 - 4.4)

(1.4 - 7.9)

 

Perpetrator

4.2

3.9

1.1

 

1.0

  

NA

 

(2.4 - 6.6)

(2.2 - 6.2)

(0.0 - 6.0)

 

(0.3 - 2.4)

ND

ND

 

Witness

42.2

41.7

43.3

 

28.4

26.4

21.1

 
 

(37.3 - 47.1)

(36.9 - 46.7)

(32.9 - 54.2)

 

(24.4 - 32.7)

(22.7 - 30.3)

(15.1 - 28.2)

 

Sexual aggression

        

Victim

2.5

3.6

3.3

 

6.6

8.9

9.9

 
 

(1.2 - 4.5)

(2.1 - 5.9)

(0.7 - 9.4)

 

(4.6 - 9.2)

(6.6 - 11.6)

(5.8 - 15.6)

 

Perpetrator

2.2

2.7

1.1

 

0.4

0.2

ND

 
 

(1.0 - 4.1)

(1.3 - 4.7)

(0.0 - 6.0)

 

(0.1 - 1.5)

(-0.2 - 0.5)

  

Witness

7.7

8.3

11.8

***

3.8

4.2

5.9

***

 

(5.5 - 10.4)

(6.1 - 11.0)

(7.3 - 17.8)

 

(2.6 - 5.1)

(3.0 - 5.3)

(3.6 - 9.1)

 
 

n = 408

n = 412

n = 90

 

n = 482

n = 542

n = 161

 
  1. Medellin, Colombia. 2007
  2. *P < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001
  3. NA: Does not apply
  4. ND: No data