Abuses
Male
Female
Total
Physical abuse
4.24%
3.03%
4.36%
8.53%
Verbal abuse / psychological
abuse
7.16%
6.06%
7.27%
3.13%
3.01%
Sexual abuse
3.18%
0.00%
3.49%
0.16%
0.13%
Economic / Financial abuse
4.51%
3.03%
4.65%
4.24%
3.03%
4.36%
5.90%
Impregnating the spouse,
without concern to her health
condition and against any
medical advice to refrain from
impregnation for a specified
period of time
14.32%
24.24%
13.37%
1.51%
Impregnating a woman, who is
trying to remove herself from
a harmful marriage, against
her will
Deliberately withholding the
property of a person
2.92%
3.03%
2.91%
Intimidation
13.26%
21.21%
12.50%
Harassment
8.22%
6.06%
8.43%
Stalking
8.49%
9.09%
8.43%
Damage to property
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Entry into, and being present
thereafter at the victim’s residence without consent, where
the parties do not share the
same residence
2.65%
0.00%
2.91%
Any other act which may be described as controlling or abusive
behaviour towards the victim
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Coercing, intimidating or forcing
the victim to commit an act
which such person would not
have consented to or committed
by their own volition
3.71%
3.03%
3.78%
Confining the victim to a place
or restricting their movement
against their will
3.18%
9.09%
2.62%
Attempting to commit any of
the foregoing acts or causing
apprehension of such acts
4.51%
3.03%
4.65%
Causing a minor to witness or
hear an act of domestic violence
or presenting or placing a minor
in such situation where such
minor may witness or hear an
act of domestic violence
7.16%
3.03%
7.56%
Other
2.92%
0.00%
3.20%
RF
5.31%
3.03%
5.52%
DK/NA
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Deliberately withholding the
property of a person
4.74%
4.12%
4.27%
Intimidation
11.58%
10.87%
11.04%
Harassment
8.42%
8.57%
Stalking
2.63%
Damage to property
0.00%
Entry into, and being present
thereafter at the victim’s residence without consent, where
the parties do not share the
same residence
Any other act which may be described as controlling or abusive
behaviour towards the victim
4.74%
0.53%
Coercing, intimidating or forcing
the victim to commit an act
which such person would not
have consented to or committed
by their own volition
4.21%
Confining the victim to a place
or restricting their movement
against their will
4.74%
Attempting to commit any of
the foregoing acts or causing
apprehension of such acts
6.84%
6.26%
1.81%
4.28%
4.45%
5.93%
4.27%
4.52%
6.15%
Causing a minor to witness or
hear an act of domestic violence
or presenting or placing a minor
in such situation where such
minor may witness or hear an
act of domestic violence
2.63%
2.80%
2.76%
Other
1.05%
2.31%
2.01%
RF
10.00%
7.74%
8.28%
DK/NA
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
To understand the frequency of the violence it
was important to know when the last incident
of abuse took place. Most respondents stated
that the abuse took place 1-5 years ago, closely
followed by the people who reported having
heard of the abuse less than a year ago.
Table 49: Frequency of violence
Frequency
Total
Between 1 and 5 years
30.62%
10 years ago,
14.35%
Between 5 and 10 years
12.44%
RF
1.44%
In the past 12 months
29.67%
DK/NA
11.48%
As observed from the table above, respondents
who said they were survivors of domestic violence
shared that the most common nature of abuse
pertained to being forcefully impregnated while
she was trying to remove herself from a harmful
marriage. The second most common nature of
abuse reported by survivors was intimidation.
Stalking, harassment and placing a minor in a
situation where they had to witness the domestic
abuse were also identified as frequently occurring
acts of domestic violence.
Table 50: Nature of violence suffered by someone the respondent knows, by
gender
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