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. 2019 Mar 20;43:e26. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2019.26

TABLE 3. Percentage of women who reported physical or sexual IPVa ever and past 12 months (among women aged 15-49 who ever married or cohabited unless noted) by country and year of survey.

Country

Year

Source

Physical

Sexual

N

Risk of bias

Ever

Past year

Ever

Past year

%

%

%

%

Unweighted

No.

Rating

Colombia

 

 

Declined***

Declined***

Declined***

Declined***

 

 

 

 

2000

(27)

40.0

11.0

7 716

4

Mod

 

2005

(35)

38.6

20.7

11.8

6.9

25 620

3

Low

 

2010

(35)

36.6

19.5

9.8

5.5

34 624

3

Low

 

2015

(35)

32.3

17.5

7.6

3.8

24 862

3

Low

Dominican Republic

 

 

ns

Increased***

Declined*

ns

 

 

 

 

2002

(27)

18.4

9.8

6.4

4.2

7 435

3

Low

 

2007

(35)

16.1

10.9

5.2

3.6

8 438

3

Low

 

2013

(35)

19.4

14.7

5.4

4.2

5 803

2

Low

Guatemala

 

 

 

Declined**

 

Declined**

 

 

 

(currently married/cohabiting)

2002

(43)

 

9.6

 

3.8c

6 381

4

Mod

 

2008/9

(43)

b

8.0

b

3.4c

11 416

1

Low

 

2014/15

(35)

 

7.8

 

2.6c

6 512

1

Low

Haiti

 

 

Increased*d

Declined**

Declined***

Declined***

 

 

 

 

2000

(27)

17.3

12.5

17.0

14.8

2 592

2

Low

 

2005/6

(35)

13.4

12.1

10.8

10.1

2 680

2

Low

 

2012

(35)

15.6

10.3

11.1

8.6

6 650

1

Low

 

2016/17

(35)

18.6

10.0

11.2

7.0

4 322

1

Low

Mexico

 

 

 

Declined***

 

Declined***

 

 

 

(ever married/cohabiting)

2006

(28)

23.5

 

9.7

 

69 228

2

Low

 

2011

(28)

15.4

b

7.0

b

75 405

2

Low

 

2016

(28)

19.8

 

6.3

 

60 040

1

Low

Mexico

 

 

 

Declined***

 

Declined***

 

 

 

(currently married/cohabiting)

2003

(28)

 

10.8

 

8.4

26 538

3

Mod

 

2006

(28)

e

11.0

e

6.1

63 048

2

Low

 

2011

(28)

 

6.6

 

2.8

63 273

2

Low

 

2016

(28)

 

8.7

 

2.5

52 265

1

Low

Nicaragua

 

 

Declined***

Declined***

Declined**

Declined*

 

 

 

 

1998

(27)

27.6

11.9

8.7c

3.0c

8 508

3

Low

 

2006/7

(43)

27.0

8.0

9.1c

2.8c

11 393

2

Low

 

2011/12

(41)

20.0

6.1

7.8c

2.5c

12 065

2

Low

Peru

 

 

Declined***

Declined***

Declined***

Declined***

 

 

 

 

2000

(35)

41.2

18 196

5

Mod

 

2004/6

(35)

39.9

12.8

10.4

3.6

10 233

3

Low

 

2007/8

(35)

38.6

14.0

9.4

3.7

12 572

3

Low

 

2009

(44)

38.2

13.5

8.8

3.2

13 781

3

Low

 

2010

(44)

37.7

13.0

8.6

3.4

12 880

3

Low

 

2011

(44)

38.0

12.6

9.3

3.3

12 898

3

Low

 

2012

(44)

36.4

12.1

8.7

3.2

13 483

3

Low

 

2013

(44)

35.7

11.5

8.4

3.0

13 174

3

Low

 

2014

(44)

32.3

11.9

7.9

3.4

14 066

3

Low

 

2015

(44)

32.0

10.9

7.9

2.9

22 696

3

Low

 

2016

(44)

31.7

10.2

6.6

2.5

21 115

3

Low

 

2017

(44)

30.6

10.0

6.5

2.4

21 454

3

Low

*

=p<0.05; **=p<0.001; ***=p<0.0001; ns = not significant; per Cochran-Armitage; Mod: moderate.

a

By current/most recent partner except in Nicaragua, where estimates were for any partner.

b

Three comparable data points were unavailable.

c

Limited to forced sex to produce three comparable data points.

d

Statistically significant per Cochran-Armitage, but not Pearson’s chi square.

e

Measured but not analyzed.