Table 4.
Percentage of women reporting IPV, ever and past year, by type, population-based surveys from journals
| Country | Lead author, publication year | Year(s) data collected | Risk of bias¥ score | Physical | Sexual | Emotional/psychological | Physical, sexual and/or emotional/ psychological unless noted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever | Past year | Ever | Past year | Ever | Past year | Ever | Past year | ||||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
| Egypt | Diop Sidibe 2006 | 1995 | 3 | 34 | 16a | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Habib 2011 | 2009 | 3 | 29.9b | – | 7.8c | – | 6.6d | – | 57.4 | – | |
| Hassan 2004 | NA | 2 | 11.2 | 10.5 | – | – | 10.5 severe | 10.8e severe | – | – | |
| Seedhom 2012 | 2010 | 1 | 30.3 | – | 7.3 | – | 49.3 | – | 60.4 | – | |
| Yount 2014 | 2012 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 67f | – | |
| Yount 2005 | 1995/97 | 4 | 26.8 | 9.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jordan | Al-Badayneh 2012 | 2006 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 |
| Khawaja 2005 | 1999 | 3 | 42.5g | 19.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Shakhatreh 2005 | NA | 6 | 5 (timeframe unspecified) | – | – | 10 (timeframe unspecified) | – | – | |||
| Lebanon | Khawaja 2004 | 1999 | 5 | 22.0h | 9.1i | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Palestine | Haj-Yahia 2000 | 1994 | 3 | – | 52 | – | 37.6 | – | 91 | – | – |
| Haj-Yahia 2000 | 1995 | 3 | – | 54 | – | 40 | – | 87.2* | – | – | |
| Clark 2010 | 2005/6 | 2 | – | 22.2 | – | 10.6 | – | 61.6 | – | – | |
| Sudan | Ali 2014 | 2014 | 3 | – | 33.5 | – | 17.0 | – |
30.1 psych. 47.6% verbal |
– | – |
| Syria | Tappis 2012 | 2009 | 5 | 6*‡ | 4.7*‡ | – | – |
14.6*‡ verbal 5.1*‡ emotional |
11.5*‡ verbal 3*‡ emotional |
30P/E‡ | 17P/E‡ |
¥Risk of bias was scored from 0 to 11 with 0 meaning the least risk of bias and 11 meaning the highest
*Percentage calculated by authors based on published numbers of women reporting that form of IPV
‡Included violence by any household/family members, including husbands
P/E Physical and/or emotional
a. Figure for currently married women extracted from Diop Sidibe et al. [20]
b. Percentage of women who reported physical violence only with no sexual or emotional violence
c. Sexual only, no emotional or physical
d. Emotional only, no physical or sexual
e. Limited to women currently living with a husband
f. Rate for physical and/or sexual violence ever was 54%
g. Husbands reported 48.9%
h. 29.5% of husbands reported physical violence against wives; in 32.9% of couples, at least one member reported physical IPV against wives
i. 10.4% of husbands reported sexual IPV against wives; in 12.9% of couples, at least one member reported sexual IPV against wives