Table 5.
Percentage of women reporting IPV, ever and past year, by type, facility-based surveys from journals
| Country | Lead author, publication year | Year(s) data collected | Risk of bias¥ score | Physical | Sexual | Emotional/psychological | Physical, sexual or emotional/ psychological unless noted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever | Past year | Ever | Past year | Ever | Past Year | Ever | Past year | ||||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
| Egypt | Bakr 2005 | 2004 | 6 | 56 | – | 17.1 | – |
47.9 threats 88.4 control |
– | 89.8 | – |
| Elnashar 2007 | 2002/3 | 5 | – | – | – | 11.5 | – | – | – | – | |
| Fahmy 2008 | 2007 | 4 | 22.4 | – | 19.6 | – |
74 psych. 26.8 social |
– | 62.2 | – | |
| Guimei 2012 | 2007/9 | 5 | 53.6* | – | 31.8* | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Mamdouh 2012 | 2009/10 | 6 | 50.2 | – | 37.1 | – |
71.0 emotional 40.8 economic |
– | 77 | – | |
| Sayed 2014 | 2012 | 7 | 57 | – | 9.6 | – |
50.3* threats 55.6* control |
– | 75.9 | – | |
| Iraq | Ahmed 2012 | 2010 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11.8* P/S | – |
| Al-Tawil 2012 | 2011 | 4 | – | 17.6 | – | 9.4 | – | 32.4 | – | – | |
| Al-Atrushi 2013 | 2009/11 | 3 | 38.9 | 15.1 | 21.1 | 12.1 | 52.6 | 43.3 | 58.6 | 45.3 | |
| Jordan | Al-Modallal 2010 | NA | 7 | – | – | – | – | 48.5 work-related | – | – | – |
| Al-Modallal 2012 | NA | 6 | 22.7a | – | 16.7a | – |
50.3a emotional 73.7a control 53.3a economic |
78a 43.4a P/S |
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| Al-Modallal 2014 | NA | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35.3*a | ||
| Al-Natour 2014 | 2011 | 7 | 12.5 | – | 5.1 | – | 59.0 | – | – | – | |
| Al-Nsour 2009 | 2006 | 5 | – | 19.6† | – | – | – |
47.5† emotional 12.3† neglect |
– | 87† P/E | |
| Clark 2008 | 2005 | 2 | 31.2c | – | 18.8c | – |
73.4c psych. 97.2c control |
– | 38c P/S | – | |
| Lebanon | Awwad 2014 | – | 5 | 40.6 | – | 33.0 | – |
64.8 verbal 19.0 emotional 22.0 social |
– | – | – |
| Hammoury 2007 | 2005 | 5 | 59‡ | 19.1‡ | – | 26.2 | – | 16‡ | 68.8‡ | – | |
| Usta 2007 | 2002 | 5 | 23‡ | – | – | – | 31‡ insultsd | – | 35‡ P/E | – | |
| Morocco | Manoudi 2013 | 2006 | 8 | 16.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Saudi Arabia | Afifi 2011 | 2010 | 5 | 12.1*e | – | 5.6*e | – | 19.8*e | – | – | – |
| Al-Faris 2013 | 2009/10 | 6 | 12.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Eldoseri 2014 | 2012 | 4 | 44.5 | 16.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fageeh 2014 | 2011/12 | 5 | 11.6‡ | – | 4.8‡ | – | 29‡ | – | 34‡ | – | |
| Tashkandi 2009 | 2004 | 6 | 26.9 | 25.7 | – | – | 57.8 shoutingf | 57.5*g | 57.8h | 58.5 | |
| Sudan | Ahmed 2005 | 2001/2 | 5 | – | 20.1* | – | – | – |
28.4* control 30.2* threats of harm |
– | 41.6 |
| Syria | Maziak 2002 | – | 4 | – | 23.1i‡ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
¥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
P/S Physical and/or sexual, P/E Physical and/or emotional
†Based on most serious act of “abuse” in past year, measured with an open-ended question
‡Included violence by any household/family members, including husbands
a. Timeframe unclear
b. 52.7% of women not receiving mental health treatment reported emotional IPV
c. Articles reported different rates depending on subsamples of interest. Figures in this table come from Clark et al. [71]
d. Also, threats of harm (15%); divorce (4%); to take away children (12%); denied financial support (12%)
e. Violence by any family member (ever) was 17.9% physical; 6.9% sexual; and 35.9% emotional
f. Article did not report rates of any emotional violence ever; 30.9% reported emotional violence with no physical violence
g. 32.8% women reported experiencing emotional but no physical IPV in the past year
h. Physical and/or emotional IPV. Article did not explain how lifetime prevalence could be lower than past year
i. 26% among married women