Prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy and related risk factors: a cross-sectional study in southern Sweden

Table 1 Type and severity of abuse: lifetime and during pregnancy (N = 1939)

Type and severity of abuse	Missing	History of violence^a	During pregnancy^b
	n	n (%)	n (%)
	11*	761 (39.5)	29 (1.5)
Lifetime emotional abuse	20	374 (19.5)	20 (1.0)
Mild	36	307 (16.1)
Moderate	28	187 (9.8)
Severe	28	203 (10.6)
Experienced emotional abuse first time	18
Age < 18 years		208 (58.4)
Age ≥ 18 years		148 (41.6)
Any emotional abuse past year ^c	5
Yes		61 (16.5)
No		308 (83.5)
Lifetime physical abuse	24	561 (29.3)	7 (0.4)
Mild	53	529 (28.0)
Moderate	41	203 (10.7)
Severe	32	127 (6.7)
Experienced physical abuse first time	41
Age < 18 years		355 (68.3)
Age ≥ 18 years		167 (31.7)
Any physical abuse past year ^c	20
Yes		36 (6.7)
No		505 (93.3)
Lifetime sexual abuse	20	302 (15.7)	2 (0.1)
Mild ¹	33	212 (11.1)
Mild ²	34	144 (7.6)
Moderate	45	208 (11.0)
Severe	53	49 (2.6)
Experienced sexual abuse first time	12
Age < 18 years		196 (67.6)
Age ≥ 18 years		94 (32.4)
Any sexual abuse past year ^c	7
Yes		2 (0.7)
No		293 (99.3)

*Did not answer the questions about abuse, ^aAny type of abuse during lifetime, ^bSelf-reported abuse during pregnancy irrespective of the perpetrator, ^cAny type of abuse experienced past 12 months, ¹Emotional or sexual humiliation, ²No genital contact.

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