From: Intimate partner violence against women in the Erbil city of the Kurdistan region, Iraq
Type of violence | Prevalence (n = 800) | Frequency of violence | ||||||
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Once | 2 – 5 times | >5 times | ||||||
 | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
Lifetime (overall) | 169 | (21.1) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Physically forced to have sexual intercourse | 166 | (20.8) | 9 | (5.4) | 45 | (27.1) | 112 | (67.5) |
Forced to perform a sexual act considered degrading or humiliating | 86 | (10.8) | 3 | (3.5) | 32 | (37.2) | 51 | (59.3) |
Past year (overall) | 91 | (12.1) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Physically forced to have sexual intercourse | 88 | (11.7) | 4 | (4.6) | 28 | (31.8) | 56 | (63.6) |
Forced to perform any sexual act considered humiliating | 52 | (6.9) | 3 | (5.8) | 23 | (44.2) | 26 | (50.0) |