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. 2021 Mar 19;99(6):429–438. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.270983

Table 2. Estimated prevalence of violence against women and children during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Germany, April–May 2020 .

Method of elicitation and type of violence n = 3818
No. women Estimated prevalence (95% CI)a
Direct elicitation
Verbal conflict 967 25.33 (23.95 to 26.71)
Physical conflict 118 3.09 (2.54 to 3.64)
Emotional abuse (any) 293 7.67 (6.83 to 8.52)
   Threatened 146 3.82 (3.22 to 4.43)
   Confined 85 2.23 (1.76 to 2.69)
   Controlled 175 4.58 (3.92 to 5.25)
Corporal punishment of childrenb 97 6.58 (5.31 to 7.85)
Indirect elicitationc
Physical violence NA 1.53 (−2.05 to 5.11)
Sexual violence NA 3.57 (−0.33 to 7.46)
Physical violence against childrenb NA 1.97 (−4.23 to 8.18)

CI: confidence interval; NA: not applicable.

a For direct elicitation, the prevalence estimates indicate the calculated percentage. For indirect elicitation, the prevalence estimates are an average of the differences in the number of applicable statements between reference and experimental groups.

b The sample size (n) for physical violence against children was 1474.

c For indirect elicitation, we did not observe any individual-level experience of violence and therefore cannot observe the number of cases.