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Table 1 Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of various forms of violence (n = 1,116)

From: Social support and intimate partner violence during pregnancy among women attending antenatal care in Moshi Municipality, Northern Tanzania

Intimate partner violence

Number of women who experienced specific type of IPV

Prevalence in % (95% CI)

Lifetime experience of violence

 Emotional violence

344

30.8 (28.0 – 33.7)

 Physical violence

119

10.7 (9.0 – 12.6)

 Sexual violence

215

19.3 (16.8 – 21.8)

 At least one type of violence

438

39.2 (36.4 – 42.2)

Violence during pregnancy

 Emotional violence

254

22.8 (20.2 – 25.4)

 Physical violence

70

6.3 (4.8 – 7.6)

 Sexual violence

171

15.3 (13.3 – 17.6)

 Emotional, physical or sexual violence

337

30.2 (27.4 – 32.9)

 Repeated episodes of emotional violencea

242

21.7 (19.3 – 24.1)

 Repeated episodes of physical violencea

62

5.6 (4.2 – 6.9)

 Repeated episodes of sexual violencea

164

14.7 (12.7 – 16.8)

 Repeated episodes of at least one type of violencea

324

29.0 (26.4 – 31.5)

  1. aExperienced two or more episodes of abuse during the current pregnancy