The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Investigating Violence and Control Dyadically in a Help-Seeking Sample from Mozambique

Table 1

Violence types by gender.
Women ( 𝑛 = 1 3 4 1 )Men ( 𝑛 = 1 3 4 1 )
Violent35.9%(482)Violent53.7%(720)
S C V / S C V ∗ 45.6%(220) S C V / S C V ∗ 30.6%(220)
SCV/NV4.4%(21)SCV/NV23.8%(171)
VR/IT24.5%(118)VR/IT5.1%(37)
MVC/MVC17.6%(85)MVC/MVC11.8%(85)
IT/VR7.7%(37)IT/VR16.4%(118)
IT/NV0.2%(1)IT/NV12.4%(89)
100%(482)100%(720)
Nonviolent64.1%(859)Nonviolent46.3%(621)
NV/NV69.7%(599)NV/NV96.5%(599)
NV/SCV19.9%(171)NV/SCV3.4%(21)
NV/IT10.4%(89)NV/IT0.2%(1)
100%(859)100%(621)
∗ The first term refers to the primary individual, the second to his/her partner. For example, 45.6% of the violent women were involved in SCV with SCV partners, 30.6% of the violent men were involved in SCV with SCV partners, 4.4% of the violent women were involved in SCV with NV partners, and 23.8% of the violent men were involved in SCV with NV partners.