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Table 2 Prevalence of lifetime violence victimization (women n = 270, men n = 337)

From: Lifetime prevalence of polyvictimization among older adults in Sweden, associations with ill-heath, and the mediating effect of sense of coherence

 

Women

Men

p-value

N

%

N

%

 

Any violence

67

24.8

93

27.6

0.44

One form of victimization

12

4.4

35

10.4

0.01

Polyvictimization

55

20.4

58

17.2

0.31

Emotional violence

 Systematically repressed, degraded, humiliated

28

10.4

32

9.5

0.71

 Limited contact with others, controlled

17

6.3

19

5.6

0.72

 Living in fear because of threats

19

7.0

15

4.5

0.18

 Any emotional violence

35

13.1

41

12.4

0.80

Physical violence

 Hit with fist, hard object, kicked, pushed violently, beaten, thrashed, or similar

43

15.9

60

17.8

0.54

 Life-threatened, by e.g., trying to strangle you, showing a weapon/knife, or similar

12

4.4

27

8.0

0.07

 Any Physical violence

47

17.7

72

22.2

0.17

Sexual violence

 Sexual humiliation

7

2.6

2

0.6

0.04

 Touched body parts other than genitals

25

9.3

5

1.5

< 0.01

 Touched or forced to touch genitals, used your body to satisfy him/herself sexually

26

9.6

6

1.8

< 0.01

 Put or tried to put penis or object in vagina, mouth, or rectum

16

5.9

0

0

< 0.01

 Any sexual violence

40

15.1

7

2.2

< 0.01

Kind of perpetrator

 Family

24

8.9

22

6.5

0.27

 Partner

33

12.2

14

4.2

< 0.01

 Other

43

15.9

78

23.1

0.03

Characteristics of victimization (only victims)

 One form of victimization

12

17.9

35

37.6

0.01

 Low polyvictimization

38

56.7

37

39.8

0.04

 High polyvictimization

17

25.4

21

22.6

0.68

 Two or more forms of violence

42

62.7

24

25.8

< 0.01

 Two or more perpetrators

27

40.9

21

23.6

0.02