Table 1.

Intimate Partner Violence Items and Their Incidence and Frequency in the NFHS-3 (N = 58,038).

	Severity	Incidence	% of respondents experiencing any psychological/ physical/sexual violence	% of all respondents (n = 57,873)
Types of psychological violence
Spouse has humiliated respondent		4,877	79.52	8.43
Spouse has insulted respondent		3,231	52.68	5.58
Spouse has threatened to harm respondent		1,999	32.59	3.45
Types of physical violence
Spouse has pushed, shook, or thrown something at respondent	Moderate	4,399	38.34	7.60
Spouse has slapped respondent	Moderate	10,744	93.63	18.56
Spouse has twisted respondent’s arm or pulled her hair	Moderate	4,823	42.03	8.33
Spouse has punched respondent	Severe	3,359	29.27	5.80
Spouse has kicked or dragged respondent	Severe	3,445	30.02	5.95
Spouse has strangled or burned respondent	Severe	689	6.00	1.19
Spouse has threatened or attacked respondent with a weapon	Severe	450	3.92	0.78
Types of sexual violence
Spouse forced respondent to have sex		3,296	93.80	5.70
Spouse forced respondent to perform other sexual acts		1,652	47.01	2.85
Cumulative items
Respondent has experienced any psychological violence		6,133	100	10.60
Respondent has experienced any physical violence		11,475	100	19.83
Respondent has experienced any sexual violence		3,514	100	6.07
Respondent has experienced any psychological, physical, or sexual violence		14,278	100	24.67

Note. Incidence refers to the number of respondents who responded that this item occurred within the year prior to survey. The individual types of violence do not sum to the cumulative measures because some respondents experienced more than one form of violence. NFHS = National Family Health Survey.