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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Violence. 2020 Jan;10(1):110–119.

Table 5.

Lifetime Prevalence of Contact Sexual Violence, Physical Violence, and/or Stalking by an Intimate Partner by Sexual Orientation, U.S. Men, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010 –2012

Heterosexual
 Bisexual
 Gay
Type of violence Weighted percentage 95% CI Estimated number of victimsa Weighted percentage 95% CI Estimated number of victimsa Weighted percentage 95% CI Estimated number of victimsa
Contact sexual violenceb, physical violence, and/or stalking 31.9 [30.7, 33.1] 27,999 35.3 [27.3, 44.1] 601 35.1 [28.7, 42.2] 986
Contact sexual violenceb   7.1 [6.5, 7.8]   6,267 11.1 [7.1, 16.9] 189 143*,GH [9.9, 20.2] 402
Physical violence 29.3 [28.2, 30.5] 25,776 31.6 [24.0, 40.3] 538 30.3 [24.2, 37.2] 852
Stalking   2.3 [1.9, 2.8]   2,027   — — —     — — —
Contact sexual violenceb, physical violence, and/or stalking with IPV-related impactc 11.4 [10.6, 12.2] 10,004 13.0 [8.6, 19.2] 222 18.1*,GH [13.1, 24.5] 508

Note. CI = confidence interval; GH = gay men compared with heterosexual men. Em dash indicates estimate is not reported; relative standard error > 30% or cell size < 20.

a

In thousands.

b

Contact sexual violence includes rape, being made to penetrate someone else, sexual coercion, and/or unwanted sexual contact.

c

Includes experiencing any of the following: being fearful, concerned for safety, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, injury, need for medical care, need for housing services, need for victim advocate services, need for legal services, missed at least one day of work or school, and contacting a crisis hotline. For those who experienced rape or made to penetrate someone else, it also includes having contracted a sexually transmitted infection. Intimate partner violence-related impact questions were assessed in relation to specific perpetrators, without regard to the time period in which they occurred, and asked in relation to any form of IPV experienced (contact sexual violence, physical violence, stalking, psychological aggression, and reproductive/sexual control) in that relationship.

*

p < .05.