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. 2019 Oct 22;19:29. doi: 10.1186/s12914-019-0215-5

Table 6.

Percentage of ever-partnered* women reporting IPV ever and past year, population-based DHS or governmental surveys

Country Year data collected Risk of bias‡ By which partner? Physical Sexual Emotional Physical and/or sexual
Ever Past year Ever Past year Ever Past year Ever Past year
% % % % % % % %
DHS Surveys
 Comoros 2012 2 Any in life 7.3 4.3 3.3 1.3 8.4 4.9
Current/most recent 5.6 4.2 1.8 1.3 8.1 6.2 6.4 4.9
 Egypt 2014 0 Any in life 25.7 13.5 4.5 2.7 26.0 14.0
Current/most recent 25.2 13.5 4.1 2.7 18.8 13.1 25.6 14.0
2005 1 Current/most recent 33.2 20.4 6.6 3.8 17.5 10.7 33.7 20.4
 Jordan 2012 1 Any in life 21.8 11.2 9.2 6.0 24.3 14.1
Current/most recent 21.1 11.2 8.6 6.0 24.6 17.4 23.6 14.1
2007 1 Current/most recent 20.6 12.2 7.6 5.6 20.0 14.0 23.0 14.6
National, governmental surveys
 Egypt 2015 0 Current/most recent 31.8 11.8 12.3 6.5 42.5 22.3 34.1 14.0
 Iraq 2006/7 1 Current 21.2 33.4
 Morocco 2009 3 Current 6.4 6.6 38.7 11.5
 Palestine 2011 3 Current 23.5 11.8 58.6
 Tunisia 2010 0 Current 20.3 7.2 14.2 9.0 24.8 17.0

*Surveys defined ‘partner’ as a husband, except 2012 Comoros DHS, which included cohabiting unmarried partners

‡Risk of bias was scored from 0 to 11, with 0 meaning the least risk of bias and 11 meaning the highest