Table 1.
Prevalence of physical and verbal IPV during pregnancy.
| Participants (N = 6,590) | ||
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| PHYSICAL IPV DURING PREGNANCY | ||
| Never | 6,448 | 97.9 |
| A few times | 53 | 0.8 |
| Sometimes | 19 | 0.3 |
| Often | 6 | 0.1 |
| Missing | 64 | 1.0 |
| VERBAL IPV DURING PREGNANCY | ||
| Never | 5,795 | 87.9 |
| A few times | 437 | 6.6 |
| Sometimes | 243 | 3.7 |
| Often | 35 | 0.5 |
| Missing | 80 | 1.2 |
| ANY IPV DURING PREGNANCYa | ||
| Never | 5,800 | 88.0 |
| A few times/sometimes/often | 730 | 11.1 |
| Missingb | 60 | 0.9 |
a
“Any IPV during pregnancy” means the experiences of physical and/or verbal abuse.
b
Participants who did not answer both physical and verbal abuse questions were classified as “missing.”