Table 2.
Formerly Abused Women % | |
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Type of Intimate Partner Violence | |
Psychological aggression | 100 |
Minor | 100 |
Severe | 91 |
Sexual coercion | 64 |
Minor | 64 |
Severe | 50 |
Physical assault | 91 |
Minor | 89 |
Severe | 79 |
Injury | 85 |
Minor | 80 |
Severe | 58 |
Relationship to abuser (n [%]) | |
Husband | 15 (22.7) |
Boyfriend | 46 (69.7) |
Girlfriend | 3 (4.5) |
Acquaintance | 2 (3.0) |
Length of time in abusive relationship (years) mean | 4.8 |
median (25%, 75%) | 3.0 (1.0, 6.5) |
Length of time since abuse (years) | |
mean | 4.7 |
median (25%, 75%) | 2.0 (1.5, 6.0) |
Note. Data on type of IPV were from participants' scores on the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale. Prevalence for type of violence is the percentage of women who reported at least one instance of that type of IPV during the last year of her relationship.