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Table 3 Prevalence of Dating Violence

From: Dating violence victimization across the teen years: Abuse frequency, number of abusive partners, and age at first occurrence

Female respondents (N = 190)

# reporting abuse

Prevalence

95% CI

RSE

Any abuse

123

64.7

57.9, 71.6

5

  Specific abuse types

    

  Controlling behavior

47

24.7

18.5, 30.9

13

  Put downs, name calling

58

30.5

23.9, 37.1

11

  Insults, yelling, swearing

81

42.6

35.5, 49.7

8

  Unwanted calls, texts, visits

52

27.4

21.0, 33.8

12

  Threats

17

9.0

4.9, 13.1

23

  Hit, slap, physically hurt

7

3.7*

1.0, 6.4

37

  Pressured into sex, begging

45

23.8

17.7, 29.9

13

  Pressured into sex, threat of physical force

9

4.8*

1.7, 7.8

33

Male respondents (N = 107)

# reporting abuse

Prevalence

95% CI

RSE

  Any abuse

66

61.7

52.3, 71.0

8

  Specific abuse types

    

  Controlling behavior

20

18.7

11.2, 26.2

20

  Put downs, name calling

16

15.0

8.1, 21.8

23

  Insults, yelling, swearing

47

43.9

34.4, 53.5

11

  Unwanted calls, texts, visits

29

27.1

18.5, 35.7

16

  Threats

10

9.3*

3.7, 15.0

30

  Hit, slap, physically hurt

14

13.1

6.6, 19.6

25

  Pressured into sex, begging

12

11.2

5.1, 17.3

27

  Pressured into sex, threat of physical force

1

1.0*

0.0, 2.8

100

  1. CI = Confidence Interval; RSE = relative standard error.
  2. *This estimate should be used with caution. Estimates with RSE > 30% may be unreliable.