Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review

Elghossain, Tatiana; Bott, Sarah; Akik, Chaza; Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf

doi:10.1186/s12914-019-0215-5

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Table 2 Characteristics of population-based, household IPV surveys

From: Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in the Arab world: a systematic review

Country	Lead author, year of publication^a	Ref.	Year data collected	Dedicated or module	Data collection method	Geographic coverage	Sample size Women unless noted	Women’s characteristics Age, partnership, other
From peer-reviewed journals
Egypt	Diop Sidibe 2006	[20,21,22]	1995	Module	FF	National (DHS)	7122	15–49, currently married
	Habib 2011	[23]	2009	Dedicated	FF	Rural area, El-Minia	772	16–50, married
	Hassan 2004	[24,25,26]	NA	Dedicated	FF	Urban, El-Sheik Zayed, Ismailia	631	15–49, married^b with a child < 18 years;
	Seedhom 2012	[27]	2010	Dedicated	FF	Rural area, El-Minia	1502	18–65, ever-married
	Yount 2014	[28, 29]	2012	Module	FF	Rural area, Minya	539	22–65, ever married
	Yount 2005	[30]	1995/7	Module	FF	7 districts, Minya	2522	15–54, ever-married
Jordan	Al-Badayneh 2012	[31]	2006	Dedicated	FF	National	1854	Age not provided, married
	Khawaja 2005	[32, 33]	1999	Module	FF	12 Refugee camps	262 women 133 men	15+, married, Palestinian refugees living with husband
	Shakhatreh 2005	[34]	NA	Dedicated	FF	South Jordan	1007	15–49, any marital status
Lebanon	Khawaja 2004	[35]	1999	Module	FF	Palestinian refugee camps/communities	417 women 417 men	15+, married Palestinian refugees; husbands 20+
Palestine	Haj-Yahia 2000	[36, 37]	1995	Dedicated	SA^c	National	1334	17–69, married ≥1 year
	Haj-Yahia 2000	[36, 37]	1994	Dedicated	SA^c	National	2410	17–65, married ≥1 year
	Clark 2010	[38, 39]	2005/6	Dedicated	FF	National	3500	15–64, currently married
Sudan	Ali 2014	[40]	2014	Dedicated	FF	Kassala	1009	15–49, married ≥1 year
Syria	Tappis 2012	[41]	2009	Module	SA	National (refugee communities)	486	‘Reproductive age’, living with husband, Iraqi refugees
From DHS and government surveys reports
Comoros	DGSP 2014	[42]	2012	Module	FF	National	2012	15–49, ever married/cohabited
Egypt	MoHP 2015	[43]	2014	Module	FF	National	6693	15–49, ever married
Egypt	El-Zanaty 2005	[44]	2005	Module	FF	National	5613	15–49, ever married
Jordan	DOS 2013	[45]	2012	Module	FF	National	7027	15–49, ever married
Jordan	DOS 2008	[46]	2007	Module	FF	National	3444	15–49, ever married
Egypt	Duvvury 2016	[47]	2015	Dedicated	FF	National	18100	18–64, ever married
Iraq	MOH, Iraq 2007	[48]	2006/7	Module	FF	National	14675	15–49, currently married
Morocco	HCP 2012	[49]	2009	Dedicated	FF	National	6712	18–64, currently married
Palestine	PCBS 2012	[50]	2011	Dedicated	FF	National	5811^d	No age limit, ever married
Tunisia	ONFP 2010	[51]	2010	Dedicated	FF	National	3873	18–64, married/engaged; sexual IPV: married

Ref Reference(s), FF Face-to-face interviews, SA Self-administered questionnaires, NA Not available
a. The lead author for only one source is listed per survey; The Ref. # column lists all sources
b. Indicators of past year IPV limited to 590 women living with a husband at the time of the interview
c. Self-administered except for women who were illiterate
d. The number of households was 5811; sample size of eligible women not provided

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