Estimates of Physical Abuse

question 84

Multiple Choice

Estimates of physical abuse

• A) are difficult to obtain because the topic is taboo to many.
• B) suggest that about 25% of women have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner.
• C) suggest that about 7% of men have been physically assaulted by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.
• D) encompass all of these statements.

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