TABLE 1.
Women's Reported Experience of Physical and Sexual Violence and of Emotional Abuse by Male Intimate Partners: Yokohama, Japan, 2000–2001
| Violence Experienced by Respondent | Respondents, % (95% CI) |
| Any physical or sexual violence | 15.1 (13.1, 17.0) |
| Any physical violence | 12.6 (10.9, 14.3) |
| Slapped or had object thrown at her that could hurt | 9.0 (7.4,10.6) |
| Pushed or shoved | 8.4 (6.8, 0.2) |
| Hit with a fist or with something else that could hurt | 2.2 (1.4, 3.0) |
| Kicked, dragged, or beaten up | 2.6 (1.7, 3.4) |
| Choked or burned on purpose | 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) |
| Threatened or assaulted with a gun, knife, or other weapon | 0.6 (0.1, 0.9) |
| Any sexual violence | 6.4 (4.8, 8.0) |
| Physically forced to have sexual intercourse when she did not want to | 5.1 (3.6, 6.5) |
| Had sexual intercourse because she was afraid of what her partner might do | 3.3 (2.3, 4.3) |
| Forced to engage in a degrading or humiliating sexual act | 1.4 (0.6, 2.1) |
| Any emotional abusea | 43.9 (40.7, 47.2) |
| Partner tried to keep her from seeing friends | 3.9 (2.9, 5.0) |
| Partner tried to restrict her contact with her family | 3.3 (2.2, 4.5) |
| Partner insisted on knowing her whereabouts at all times | 13.4 (11.2, 15.7) |
| Partner ignored her and treated her with indifference | 5.4 (4.0, 6.9) |
| Partner got angry if she spoke with another man | 7.3 (5.8, 8.8) |
| Partner often suspected that she was unfaithful | 3.7 (2.5, 5.0) |
| Partner insulted her or said things that made her feel bad about herself | 27.8 (25.0, 30.5) |
| Partner belittled or humiliated her in front of other people | 7.8 (6.2, 9.4) |
| Partner scared or intimidated her | 16.8 (14.6, 19.0) |
| Partner threatened to hurt her | 1.9 (1.1, 2.8) |
Note. CI = confidence interval.
a
The first 6 items refer to current or most recent male partner; the last 4 items refer to any male partner.