Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women

Prevalence of intimate partner violence against Women. We have elaborated an Abuse Typology and a survey research based on Goffman's approach (1971) and on Brown and Levinson's (1987) concepts of positive and negative face, as systematized by Kerbrat-Orecchioni (1992). A stratified sampling according to the zone of residence upon a population of 450.000 women has been made, and 421 women were interviewed with regard to their experience of abuse in couple relationships. The results of the study indicate that 20.2% of the population have suffered or are suffering abuse by their partner, with a maximum error of 4.3%. Moreover 6.2% of the women have suffered abuse during the year previous to the interview.