Table 2 Physical and psychological violence among “women seeking help because of partner-abuse” and “random sample of abused women” in Norway

 Threatened to hurt you or others you are found of?

65

81.3

36

29.0

 Threatened to kill you?

53

67.1

22

17.6

 Obstructed you from moving around freely, or grabbed and hold you with force?

65

82.3

61

48.8

 Hit you with an open hand?

53

67.1

46

36.8

 Threw a hard object at you?

45

57.0

33

26.4

 Hit you with a clenched fist, a hard object or kicked you?

55

68.8

28

22.6

 Had a stranglehold or tried to strangle you?

44

55.7

21

16.8

 Assaulted you with a knife or other type of weapon?

28

35.4

8

6.4

 Hit your head against an object or against the wall or the floor?

40

50.0

13

10.4

 Forced you to have sex against your will?

49

63.6

28

22.4

 Behaved violent toward you in other way?

73

93.6

71

53.6

 Repeatedly followed you, phoned or visited you at work so that you became afraid?

55

69.6

21

16.8

 Called me names

62

77.5

20

15.9

 Swore at me

57

72.2

17

13.6

 Yelled and screamed at me

61

76.3

16

12.7

 Threated me inferior

63

78.8

20

15.9

 Monitored my time and demanded to know where I was

53

66.3

15

12.0

 Used money or made important financial decisions without talking to me

49

61.3

16

12.7

 Was jealous or suspicious of my friends

55

70.5

22

17.5

 Accused me for having an affair with another

35

43.2

12

9.6

 Interfered my relationship with other family members

35

67.9

12

9.5

 Tried to keep me from doing things to help myself

43

55.8

8

6.4

 Restricted my use of the telephone

33

41.3

8

6.5

 Told me my feelings were irrational or crazy

61

76.3

19

15.2

 Blamed me for his problems

61

76.3

24

19.4

 Tried to make me feel crazy

59

73.8

13

10.5