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Table 1 Questions used to measure intimate partner violence against women

From: Spatial distribution and predictors of domestic violence against women: evidence from analysis of Ethiopian demographic health survey 2016

Questions

IPV type

Did your partner ever push you, shake you, or throw something at you?

Physical IPV

Did your partner ever slap you?

Did your partner ever twist your arm or pull your hair?

Did your partner ever punch you with his/her fist or with something that could hurt you?

Did your partner ever kick you, drag you, or beat you up?

Did your partner ever try to choke you or burn you on purpose?

Did your partner ever threaten or attack you with a knife, gun, or any other weapon?

Did your partner ever physically force you to have sexual intercourse with him even when you did not want to?

Sexual IPV

Did your partner ever physically force you to perform any other sexual acts you did not want to?

Did your partner ever force you with threats or in any other way to perform sexual acts you did not want to?

Did your partner ever say or do something to humiliate you in front of others?

Emotional IPV

Did your partner ever threaten to hurt or harm you or someone close to you?

Did your partner ever insult you or make you feel bad about yourself?