Table 2 Distribution of reported perpetrators of violence among pregnant women in Kenya (2014)
From: Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Kenya: forms, perpetrators and associations
Perpetrator | Number of women | Prevalence (in %) |
|---|---|---|
Current husband/partner | 189 | 47.6 |
Mother/step-mother | 11 | 2.8 |
Father/step-father | 2 | 0.5 |
Sister/brother | 9 | 2.3 |
Daughter/son | 1 | 0.3 |
Other relative | 30 | 7.6 |
Former husband/partner | 125 | 31.5 |
Current boyfriend | 1 | 0.3 |
Former boyfriend | 3 | 0.8 |
Mother in-law | 2 | 0.5 |
Father in-law | 1 | 0.3 |
Other in-law | 14 | 3.5 |
Teacher | 4 | 1.0 |
Employer/someone at work | 0 | 0.0 |
Police/soldier | 1 | 0.3 |
Other | 15 | 3.8 |
Women reporting violence during pregnancy | 397 | 100.0 |