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Table 3 Adult lifetime and 12-month prevalence of intimate partner violence a. Values are numbers (percentages)

From: “You can’t swim well if there is a weight dragging you down”: cross-sectional study of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and child abuse prevalence against Australian nurses, midwives and carers

Intimate partner violence

Women’s lifetime prevalence

Men’s lifetime prevalence

Women’s 12-month prevalence

Men’s 12-month prevalence

 

n = 8982

n = 611

n = 8982

n = 611

Fear of partner a

2894 (32.2)

105 (17.2)

552 (7.7)

33 (6.1)

IPV Category (CAS)

n = 8760

n = 595

n = 7847

n = 570

 Severe physical, emotional and/or sexual combined abuse

2315 (26.4)

95 (16.1)

373 (4.8)

29 (5.1)

 Physical abuse and emotional/harassment

739 (8.4)

45 (7.6)

207 (2.6)

15 (2.6)

 Emotional abuse and/or harassment alone

837 (10.0)

77 (12.9)

700 (8.9)

65 (11.4)

 Physical abuse alone

328 (3.7)

24 (4.1)

96 (1.2)

9 (1.6)

Sexual assault (rape) by partner

1925 (22.2)

65 (11.1)

309 (3.5)

17 (2.8)

Total: Fear of partner and/or abuse

4055 (45.1)

214 (35.0)

1540 (22.1)

127 (24.0)

  1. Denominators vary due to missing responses; base = all survey participants who responded
  2. a476 women & 35 men participants omitted because they had never been in a relationship