Prevalence of past-year intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence at pre-pandemic (2019), 12-month follow-up (2020) and 18-month follow-up (2021), and changes since COVID-19 restrictions
| IPV | Non-partner sexual violence | |
| % (n*) | ||
| Prepandemic baseline (2019) | n=550 | |
| Prevalence with current/former partner† | 17.5 (96) | − |
| 12-month follow-up (2020) | n=449 | n=612 |
| Prevalence (past 12 months) | 17.3 (78) | 3.0 (18) |
| Timing relative to COVID-19 restrictions‡ | − | |
| Before-COVID-19 restrictions only | 29.9 (20) | |
| Since COVID-19 restrictions only | 43.3 (29) | |
| Both time periods | 26.8 (18) | |
| Change in intensity since COVID-19 restrictions if experienced during both time periods§ | − | |
| Decreased | 18.9 (4) | |
| No change | 32.5 (6) | |
| Increased | 48.6 (9) | |
| 18-month follow-up (2021) | n=404 | n=591 |
| Prevalence (past 6 months) | 17.5 (71) | 3.1 (18) |
−Item not measured at specified time point.
*Weighted.
†Item wording specifies ever violence experience with current or former (if no current) partner.
‡Among those with past 12-month IPV at 12-month follow-up (n=67 unweighted; n=78 weighted).
§Among AGYW who reported IPV both before and since COVID-19 pandemic (n=19 unweighted; n=18 weighted).
AGYW, adolescent girls and young women; IPV, intimate partner violence.