Research Article

Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors among Victimized Women, Ethiopia, 2018: A Community-Based Study

Table 2

Frequency distribution on types of intimate partner violence and its disclosure to whom the disclosure was made among study participants ().

VariableFrequencyPercent (%)

Types of intimate partner violence ()28041.0
 (1) Controlling behavior23684.3
 (2) Physical violence20974.6
 (3) Emotional violence18365.3
 (4) Sexual violence10938.9
 (5) Multiple types of intimate partner violence23985.5
Disclosure of intimate partner violence14451.4
 (1) Family10773.8
 (2) Husband’s family9162.8
 (3) Friends7652.8
 (4) Neighbors8156.3
 (5) Religious leader4430.3
 (6) Health care provider128.3
 (7) Police2315.9
 (8) Lawyer85.5
 (9) Community-based organization1711.9
 (10) Women affair3020.7
 (11) Local elders4028