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Table 6 Percentage of ever-partnered* women reporting IPV ever and past year, population-based DHS or governmental surveys

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

Country

Year data collected

Risk of bias‡

By which partner?

Physical

Sexual

Emotional

Physical and/or sexual

Ever

Past year

Ever

Past year

Ever

Past year

Ever

Past year

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

DHS Surveys

 Comoros

2012

2

Any in life

7.3

4.3

3.3

1.3

–

–

8.4

4.9

Current/most recent

5.6

4.2

1.8

1.3

8.1

6.2

6.4

4.9

 Egypt

2014

0

Any in life

25.7

13.5

4.5

2.7

–

–

26.0

14.0

Current/most recent

25.2

13.5

4.1

2.7

18.8

13.1

25.6

14.0

2005

1

Current/most recent

33.2

20.4

6.6

3.8

17.5

10.7

33.7

20.4

 Jordan

2012

1

Any in life

21.8

11.2

9.2

6.0

–

–

24.3

14.1

Current/most recent

21.1

11.2

8.6

6.0

24.6

17.4

23.6

14.1

2007

1

Current/most recent

20.6

12.2

7.6

5.6

20.0

14.0

23.0

14.6

National, governmental surveys

 Egypt

2015

0

Current/most recent

31.8

11.8

12.3

6.5

42.5

22.3

34.1

14.0

 Iraq

2006/7

1

Current

–

21.2

–

–

–

33.4

–

–

 Morocco

2009

3

Current

–

6.4

–

6.6

–

38.7

–

11.5

 Palestine

2011

3

Current

–

23.5

–

11.8

–

58.6

–

–

 Tunisia

2010

0

Current

20.3

7.2

14.2

9.0

24.8

17.0

–

–

  1. *Surveys defined ‘partner’ as a husband, except 2012 Comoros DHS, which included cohabiting unmarried partners
  2. ‡Risk of bias was scored from 0 to 11, with 0 meaning the least risk of bias and 11 meaning the highest