Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania

Table 2 Prevalence and severity of self-reported experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse among ever-partnered women (N = 1021) in Mwanza, Tanzania

	Lifetime experience				Experienced during the 12 months before interview
	N	Percent	95% CI		N	Percent	95% CI
Physical and/or sexual violence	621	60.8	57.8	63.8	271	26.5	23.9	29.4
Physical violence
Overall^aa	541	53.0	49.9	56.1	194	19.0	16.6	21.5
Less severe^c	175	17.1	14.9	19.6	63	6.2	4.8	7.8
Severe^b	366	35.8	32.9	38.9	131	12.8	10.8	15.0
Sexual violence
Overall^a	355	34.8	31.8	37.8	171	16.7	14.5	19.2
Controlling behaviour
Overall^a	832	81.5	79.0	83.8	639	62.6	59.5	65.6
Yes to only 1 question	256	25.1	22.4	27.9	250	24.5	21.9	27.2
Yes to ≥ 2 questions	576	56.4	53.3	59.5	389	38.1	35.1	41.2
Emotional abuse
Overall^a	694	68.0	65.0	70.8	401	39.3	36.3	42.3
Yes to only 1 question	267	26.2	23.5	29.0	184	18.0	15.7	20.5
Yes to ≥ 2 questions	427	41.8	38.8	44.9	217	21.3	18.8	23.9
Economic abuse
Overall^a	479	46.9	43.8	50.0	343	33.6	30.7	36.6
Yes to only 1 question	206	20.2	17.8	22.8	167	16.4	14.1	18.8
Yes to ≥ 2 questions	273	26.7	24.0	29.6	176	17.2	15.0	19.7

^aFor each type of violence/abuse, the overall prevalence was defined as the % of women who answered ‘yes’ to at least one question listed in Table 1. ^bWomen were classified as having experienced severe physical violence if they answered ‘yes’ to any of the last four physical violence questions listed in Table 1 (i.e. questions 3 to 6); and ^cless severe if otherwise

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