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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Sep 5;67(10):1589–1595. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.023

Table 1.

Prevalence of exposure to violence

Males % Females % Total %
Human Rights Abuses
  Politically motivated physical assault 2.7%** 0.6% 1.6%
  Detention 2.4%** 0.3% 1.3%
  Torture 1.3%** 0.2% 0.7%
Domestic Violence
  Physical abuse during childhood 12.3% 11.7% 12.0%
  Physical abuse by intimate partner 1.3% 13.6%** 7.9%
Criminal Assault 25.9%** 11.6% 18.2%
Sexual Violence
  Rape 0.3% 3.7%** 2.1%
  Other sexual assault 1.0% 2.1%* 1.6%
Other Physical Assault 18.7%** 7.0% 12.4%
Any form of violence 42.9%** 34.3% 38.3%
*

Significantly higher level than counterpart at p < 0.05 level

**

Significantly higher level than counterpart at p < 0.0001 level