Main Indicator Violence
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| Violence against currently married or ever married women (18-64) years | Ragion | ||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Experienced Violence* | 29.4 | 24.3 | 37.5 |
| Psychological violence | 56.6 | 51.7 | 63.5 |
| Physical violence | 17.8 | 12.4 | 26.4 |
| Sexual violence | 8.8 | 7.6 | 10.6 |
| Social violence | 32.5 | 24.3 | 46.7 |
| Economic violence | 41.1 | 32.4 | 55.0 |
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Violence
against individuals (18-64 years) who have never been married |
Females | ||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Psychological violence | 44.7 | 40.8 | 50.9 |
| Physical violence | 16.4 | 13.3 | 21.2 |
| Sexual violence | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Social violence | 9.2 | 8.7 | 10.1 |
| Economic violence | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Males | |||
| Psychological violence | 40.4 | 31.3 | 57.0 |
| Physical violence | 17.1 | 11.8 | 26.8 |
| Sexual violence | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Social violence | 7.3 | 6.0 | 9.6 |
| Economic violence | 9.0 | 7.1 | 12.6 |
| Violence against children (12-17 years) who experienced a type of violence by either parent | Ragion | ||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Experienced Violence | 44.2 | 36.1 | 55.9 |
| Father | |||
| Physical violence | 63.1 | 54.4 | 75.7 |
| Sexual violence | 26.3 | 15.5 | 41.9 |
| Mother | |||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Physical violence | 62.7 | 56.8 | 71.1 |
| Sexual violence | 24.8 | 17.7 | 35.0 |
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Abuse experienced by the elderly (65 years and
above) |
Ragion | ||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Experienced Violence | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Psychological abuse | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| Psychological abuse | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Medical negligence | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.6 |
| Economic abuse | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Social abuse | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
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Violence against husbands by the wife’s
(according to the wife’s statement) |
Ragion | ||
| Palestine | West Bank | Gaza Strip | |
| Prevalence of Violence | 13.3 | 11.9 | 15.5 |
| Psychological violence | 10.4 | 7.7 | 14.4 |
| Physical violence | 33.7 | 31.6 | 37 |
| Sexual violence | 10.8 | 10.1 | 11.9 |
| Social violence | 6.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 |
| Economic violence | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.7 |
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| Note: The types of violence in this table are those mentioned in the 2011 survey. Other types were added to the 2019 survey reaching a total of 40 types. | |||