Table 2. Frequencies, proportions and perception rate of violence suffered and committed by intimate partners, according to gender. São Paulo, SP, Southeastern Brazil, 2001-2003.

Violence suffered	Sex
	Men		Women
	n	%	n	%
Psychological
No	720	92.9	299	47.4
Yes	55	7.1	332	52.6
p				< 0.001
Physical
No	754	97.3	395	62.6
Yes	21	2.7	236	37.4
p				< 0.001
Sexual
No	763	98.5	503	79.7
Yes	12	1.6	128	20.3
p				< 0.001
Experienced any violence (psychological, physical, or sexual)
No	696	89.8	247	39.1
Yes	79	10.2	384	60.9
p				< 0.001
Perpetrated any physical violence
No	528	68.1	425	88.9
Yes	247	31.9	53	11.1
p				< 0.001
Suffered or perpetrated
Did not Suffer or perpetrate	232	38.0	185	40.0
Just suffered	19	3.1	224	48.5
Just perpetrated	299	49.0	4	0.9
Suffered and perpetrated	60	9.8	49	10.6
p				< 0.001