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Table 4 Prevalence of lifetime and past year sexual violence by intimate partner against women

From: Intimate partner violence against women in the Erbil city of the Kurdistan region, Iraq

Type of violence

Prevalence (n = 800)

Frequency of violence

Once

2 – 5 times

>5 times

 

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

Lifetime (overall)

169

(21.1)

      

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)

      

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)