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Table 1 Lifetime and current prevalence and frequency of domestic violence (n = 355)

From: Domestic violence and its associated factors among married women of a village development committee of rural Nepal

S.N.

Forms of domestic violencea

Lifetime

Past 12 months

Frequency

Frequency

1

Physical violencea

1.1

 Pushed her, shook her, or threw something at her

92 (25.9)

50 (14.1)

1.2

 Slapped her

87 (24.5)

50 (14.1)

1.3

 Twisted her arm or pulled her hair

67 (18.9)

38 (10.7)

1.4

 Punched her with his fist or with something that could hurt her

57 (16.1)

27 (7.6)

1.5

 Kicked her, dragged her, or beat her up

49 (13.8)

26 (7.3)

1.6

 Tried to choke her or burn her on purpose

1 (0.3)

1.7

 Threatened her or attacked her with a knife, gun, or any other weapon

14 (3.9)

9 (2.5)

At least one episode of physical violence

105 (29.6)

54 (15.2)

2

Sexual violencea

2.1

 Did your husband physically force you to have sexual intercourse even when you did not want to?

14 (3.9)

8 (2.3)

2.2

 Did your husband force you to perform any sexual acts you did not want to?

16 (4.5)

5 (1.4)

2.3

 Did you husband did any degrading or humiliating sexual act?

6 (1.7)

6 (5.6)

At least one episode of sexual violence

24 (6.8)

8 (2.3)

3

Emotional violencea

3.1

 Said or did something to humiliate her in front of others

94 (26.5)

55 (15.5)

3.2

 Threatened to hurt or harm her or someone close to her

42 (11.8)

25 (7.0)

3.3

 Insulted her or made her feel bad about herself

86 (24.2)

50 (14.1)

At least one episode of emotional violence

110 (31.0)

65 (18.3)

At least one episode of three violence

137 (38.6)

82 (23.1)

  1. Number in parenthesis indicates percentages
  2. aMultiple responses