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

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

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 violence^a	242	21.7 (19.3 – 24.1)
Repeated episodes of physical violence^a	62	5.6 (4.2 – 6.9)
Repeated episodes of sexual violence^a	164	14.7 (12.7 – 16.8)
Repeated episodes of at least one type of violence^a	324	29.0 (26.4 – 31.5)

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