It turns out that women in urban areas experienced more violence than women in rural areas in 2016. Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence against women aged 15-64 years by partners and non-partners in urban areas in the last 12 months reached 10.4 percent. Meanwhile, in rural areas it was only 8.1 percent.
Similarly, for lifetime prevalence, violence against women in urban areas was also higher, reaching 36.3 percent, while in rural areas it was only 29.8 percent. The prevalence of physical violence against women by partners and non-partners reached 9.1 percent, sexual violence 15.3 percent, and physical and sexual violence 9 percent.
Physical and/or sexual violence perpetrated by partners and non-partners was experienced by 33.4 percent (1 in 3) women throughout their lives, and about 9.4 percent (1 in 10) women experienced it in the last 12 months.
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