Table 2 Frequency of self-reported past-year violence and discrimination with regard to severity and visibility of physical and mental disability
From: A national survey on violence and discrimination among people with disabilities
Severity and visibility of disability | Threatened physical yes % (n) | Humiliated yes % (n) | Financial yes % (n) | Physical minor yes % (n) | Physical major yes % (n) | Sexual minor yes % (n) | Sexual major yes % (n) | Violence to others yes % (n) | Discrimination employment and education yes % (n) | Discrimination services yes % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minor physical (n = 3087) | 8.5(262) | 15.8(487) | 1.0(30) | 5.6(173) | 3.9(119) | 2.5(76) | 1.2(37) | 3.1(95) | 2.0(61) | 0.9(27) |
Major physical (n = 1414) | 9.3(132)ns | 17.9(253)ns | 1.4(20)ns | 5.9(83)ns | 3.6(51)ns | 3.1(44)ns | 1.6(23)ns | 2.5(35)ns | 4.6(65)** | 6.1(86)** |
Minor mental (n = 998) | 12.0(120) | 26.2(261) | 2.5(25) | 9.2(92) | 6.3(63) | 6.3(63) | 3.5(35) | 6.5(65) | 3.5(35) | 2.6(26) |
Major mental (n = 384) | 15.9(61)ns | 30.8(118)ns | 3.1(12)ns | 12.0(46)ns | 7.0(27)ns | 7.0(27)ns | 4.7(18)ns | 5.2(20)ns | 6.0(23)ns | 6.8(26)* |
Stranger ever/sometimes (n = 4985) | 9.3 (465) | 18.1(900) | 1.3(64) | 6.4(319) | 4.2(211) | 3.4(167) | 1.7(87) | 3.5(172) | 2.9(144) | 2.0(100) |
Stranger always (n = 289) | 12.1(35)ns | 17.3(50)ns | 2.1(6)ns | 5.2(15)ns | 3.5(10)ns | 3.1(9)ns | 1.4(4)ns | 3.8(11)ns | 4.5(13)ns | 9.7(28)** |