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Table 2 Prevalence of violence against women among American Indians/Alaska natives, by year of study

From: Family and partner interpersonal violence among American Indians/Alaska Natives

First author year

Population and data source

Sample size

Measure

Prevalence

Curry 1998

Prenatal clinics in a Northwest city; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

57 AI/AN women

Past year physical IPV

37%

Past year sexual IPV

7%

IPV in pregnancy

12%

Fairchild et al. 1998

Indian health service facility on a Navajo

341 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

53%

 

Reservation; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

 

Lifetime physical IPV

42%

Lifetime sexual IPV

12%

   

Past year IPV

16%

Past year physical IPV

14%

Past year sexual IPV

4%

Kvigne et al. 1998

Pregnant women from a Northern plains tribe; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

177 AI/AN women

IPV in pregnancy

30%

Robin et al. 1998

Southwestern tribe; referral-based sampling with self-report survey

56 married

Lifetime IPV

91%

AI/AN women

Lifetime physical IPV

79%

Lifetime sexual IPV

29%

Past year IPV

31%

IPV in pregnancy

34%

IPV injuries requiring medical attention

46%

Bohn 2002

Prenatal clinic in Midwestern city; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

30 AI/AN women

IPV in pregnancy

33%

Threats to kill woman or her baby in pregnancy

6%

Bohn 2003

Prenatal clinic in a Midwestern city; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

30 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

87%

Current partner IPV

70%

Current partner physical IPV

60%

Current partner sexual IPV

17%

Harwell et al. 2003

Seven reservations in Montana; random digit dial sample with self-report survey

588 AI/AN women

Past year physical IPV

3%

Malcoe et al. 2004

WIC clinic in Oklahoma; clinic-based sample with self-report

312 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

59%

Lifetime sexual IPV

12%

Lifetime threats with knife/gun

11%

Past year IPV

30%

Past year sexual IPV

3%

IPV in pregnancy, past year

9%

IPV resulting in injuries

40%

Simoni et al. 2004

New York City AI/AN community center members; self-report survey

155 AI/AN women

Lifetime rape

34%

Lifetime sexual IPV

20%

Lifetime physical IPV

31%

Manson et al. 2005

2 Northern plains tribes and 1 Southwestern tribe; random sampling from tribal rolls with self-report survey

829 AI/AN women in Southwest

Lifetime rape, Southwest

13%

848 AI/AN women in Northern plains

Lifetime rape, Northern plains

14%

 

Lifetime physical IPV, Southwest

29%

 

Lifetime physical IPV, Northern plains

31%

Evans-Campbell et al. 2006

New York City AI/AN; respondent-driven, chain referral, and targeted sampling with self-report survey

112 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

40%

Lifetime rape

48%

Yuan et al. 2006

Six tribes in the Southwest, Northwest, Northern plains, and Northeast; random sample from tribal rolls with self-report survey

744 AI/AN women

Lifetime rape

14%

Mylant and Mann 2008

Teenage mothers in the Northern plains participating in pregnancy program; self-report survey

49 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

61%

IPV in pregnancy

38%

Past year sexual IPV

23%

Duran et al. 2009

Indian health services clinic in Albuquerque; clinic-based sample with self-report survey

324 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

80%

Wood and Magen 2009

Athabaskan tribe, Alaska; self-report survey

91 AI/AN women

Lifetime IPV

64%

Past year physical IPV

18%

Lifetime threats with gun

19%

Lifetime threats with knife

12%

Rutman et al. 2012

National survey with self-report

253 AI/AN women

Forced first sexual encounter

17%

Scott and Langhorne 2012

Boarding school for at-risk AI/AN youth in a plains state; self-report survey

115 AI/AN women

Lifetime rape

20%

Lifetime IPV

70%

Ehlers et al. 2013

Eight contiguous reservations in California; respondent-driven and venue based sampling with self-report survey

174 AI/AN women

Lifetime sexual abuse

34%

Black et al. 2011

National survey with self-report

Not reported

Lifetime rape

27%

   

Lifetime physical IPV

46%

  1. Abbreviations: AI/AN American Indian/Alaska Native, IPV intimate partner violence.