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Table 3 Frequency of self-reported past-year violence and discrimination with regard to gender among participants with physical and mental disability

From: A national survey on violence and discrimination among people with disabilities

Gender

Threatened physical yes % (n)

Humiliated yes % (n)

Financial yes % (n)

Physical minor yes % (n)

Physical major yes % (n)

Sexual minor yes % (n)

Sexual major yes % (n)

Violence to others yes % (n)

Discrimination employment and education yes % (n)

Discrimination services yes % (n)

Men no disability

(n = 6159)

9.2(566)

10.6(655)

0.7(41)

5.8(356)

4.0(245)

2.1(130)

0.6(34)

4.0(247)

–

–

Women no disability

(n = 6548)

5.0(330)

12.3(805)

0.5(33)

3.8(252)

2.4(158)

2.0(131)

0.8(55)

1.6(108)

  

Compared to men no disability

**

*

ns

**

**

ns

ns

**

–

–

Men physical disability

(n = 1989)

11.7(233)

15.4(307)

1.3(25)

6.6(131)

4.7(93)

2.5(50)

0.9(18)

3.9(78)

2.0(40)

1.8(36)

Compared to men no disability

*

**

*

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

–

–

Women physical disability (n = 2530)

6.5(165)

17.3(437)

1.0(25)

5.0(127)

3.2(80)

2.8(71)

1.7(42)

2.1(53)

3.4(86)

3.1(78)

Compared to women no disability

*

**

*

*

ns

*

**

ns

–

–

Compared to men physical disability

**

ns

ns

*

*

ns

*

**

*

*

Men mental disability

(n = 493)

15.2(75)

24.2(119)

2.6(13)

10.6(52)

6.3(31)

4.7(23)

2.0(10)

6.7(33)

2.4(12)

2.8(14)

Compared to men no disability

**

**

**

**

*

**

**

*

–

–

Women mental disability

(n = 905)

12.3 (111)

29.3(265)

2.9(26)

9.8(89)

6.9(62)

7.7(70)

5.0(45)

5.9(53)

5.2(47)

4.3(39)

Compared to women no disability

**

**

**

**

**

*

**

**

–

–

Compared to men mental disability

ns

*

ns

ns

ns

*

*

ns

*

ns

  1. Note: Chi square statistics comparisons, *p < .05, **p < .01, ns = not significant