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Table 7 Percentage of currently pregnant women reporting physical, sexual or emotional/psychological IPV during pregnancy

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

Country

Lead author, publication year

Year data collected

Risk of bias‡ score

Violence during pregnancy

Perpetrator, timeframe

Physical

Sexual

Emotional/ psychological

Physical, sexual and/or emotional/ psychological

%

%

%

%

Egypt

Ibrahim 2015

2010/12

2

15.9

10.0

32.6

44.1

Husband, current pregnancy

Jordan

Clark, 2009

2005

1

15.4

–

–

–

Anyone, any pregnancy

Okour 2011

2007

3

34.6

15.5

28.1

40.9

Husband, current pregnancy

Oweis 2010

2006

4

10.4

5.7

23.4 emotional

23.7 verbal

–

Husband, current pregnancy

Lebanon

Hammoury 2007

2005

4

11.4

–

–

–

Husband/other household member, current pregnancy

Morroco

Boufettal 2012

2008/9

4

12.3 physical/sexual

–

–

Intimate partner

Saudi Arabia

Rachana 2002

1996/99

5

20.9

–

–

–

Husband or in laws, current pregnancy

  1. ‡Risk of bias was scored from 0 to 11, with 0 meaning the least risk of bias and 11 meaning the highest