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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2019 Apr 16;55(3):393–405. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01703-z

Table 2.

Prevalence of marital violence ever in current marriage in the six World Mental Health Survey countries with couples samples, as reported by either spousea (n=1,515)a

Violence report
% (se)
(n)
Husband reports perpetrationb 9.10 (0.81) (162)
Wife reports victimizationc 9.10 (0.81) (162)
Both report marital violence 3.80 (0.56) (76)
Either spouse report marital violence 14.40 (0.98) (248)

Abbreviations: se, standard error, n, number of observed cases of the outcome in the sample.

a

Based on weighted data

b

Husband reports perpetration of marital violence towards his current wife (whether or not wife reports victimization)

c

Wife reports victimization of marital violence from her current husband (whether or not husband reports perpetration)