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Results From International Dating Violence Study

Data from Dominance And Symmetry In Partner Violence By Male And Female University Students In 32 Nations, http://pubpages.unh.edu/%7Emas2/ID41-PR41-Dominance-symmetry-In-Press-07.pdf, published in Children and Youth Services Review, 2008, Murray A. Straus, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.
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Table 2. Prevalence And Bidirectionality of Any Physical Violence
Percent of Violent Relationships

All Violence
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MUTUALITY TYPE
All (median) 31.2% 9.9% 21.4% 68.6%
Australia 20.2% 14.0% 21.0% 64.9%
Belgium 33.4% 11.2% 19.8% 68.8%
Brazil 22.0% 15.2% 13.5% 71.1%
Canada 24.9% 9.4% 22.1% 68.3%
China 34.7% 6.9% 31.7% 61.2%
Germany 26.6% 12.4% 24.8% 62.7%
Great Britain 37.5% 4.2% 19.2% 76.5%
Greece 28.5% 26.2% 16.2% 57.5%
Guatemala 24.2% 8.3% 25.0% 66.6%
Hong Kong 37.0% 7.7% 36.9% 55.2%
Hungary 22.7% 12.5% 17.5% 70.0%
India 32.3% 8.3% 16.6% 75.0%
Iran 77.1% 4.0% 1.3% 94.6%
Israel 18.6% 9.8% 27.8% 62.3%
Japan 21.4% 7.6% 11.5% 80.7%
Lithuania 33.9% 5.6% 23.5% 70.7%
Malta 19.1% 21.7% 30.4% 47.8%
Mexico 44.1% 6.6% 15.5% 77.7%
Netherlands 31.7% 4.6% 24.2% 71.0%
New Zealand 27.9% 8.7% 28.2% 63.0%
Portugal 16.6% 13.6% 22.7% 63.6%
Romania 31.9% 6.9% 25.5% 67.4%
Russia 32.2% 2.8% 27.1% 70.0%
Singapore 22.7% 9.4% 32.0% 58.4%
South Africa 39.5% 7.6% 10.2% 82.0%
South Korea 32.2% 8.0% 19.3% 72.5%
Sweden 17.9% 11.8% 28.4% 59.7%
Switzerland 24.7% 9.4% 25.8% 64.7%
Taiwan 36.1% 6.7% 25.4% 67.8%
Tanzania 37.4% 6.9% 1.7% 91.3%
United States 30.0% 9.7% 20.6% 69.6%
Venezuela 24.3% 17.4% 19.0% 63.4%