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To determine the national prevalence of past-year and lifetime intimate partner violence among infertile women in China and identify underlying risk factors.

November 22, 2025BMC Public HealthOpen Access

The prevalence of intimate partner violence against women diagnosed with infertility in China: a national cross-sectional study

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To determine the national prevalence of past-year and lifetime intimate partner violence among infertile women in China and identify underlying risk factors.
Conducted a national cross-sectional study from October 2021 to August 2022 using multistage stratified cluster sampling across 30 reproductive centers in ten provinces in China (N = 12,392).
Assessed past-12-month and lifetime intimate partner violence using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS-2) and the Scale of Economic Abuse-12 (SEA-12).
Applied a structural equation model (SEM) to determine direct risk factors associated with 12-month intimate partner violence victimization.
The weighted 12-month prevalence of intimate partner violence was 34.1% (95% CI, 33.2%-34.9%) and lifetime prevalence was 44.2% (95% CI, 43.3%-45.1%).
Structural equation modeling identified female-factor infertility (standardized coefficient = 0.0473; P = .01) and history of infertility treatment failure (standardized coefficient = 0.0774; P < .001) as direct drivers of past-year victimization.
Additional direct contributors to violence included male partner adverse behaviors (standardized coefficient = 0.5470; P < .001), non-nuclear family structure (standardized coefficient = 0.0479; P = .01), and unstable employment (standardized coefficient = 0.0442; P = .006).

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Cross-sectional study reveals high rates of intimate partner violence in women with infertility, highlighting the urgent need for clinic-based screening and support.

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Fu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0ec61b25c30b2cc7f9c310 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25447-5

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Cross-sectional study reveals high rates of intimate partner violence in women with infertility, highlighting the urgent need for clinic-based screening and support.

The prevalence of intimate partner violence against women diagnosed with infertility in China: a national cross-sectional study

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The prevalence of intimate partner violence against women diagnosed with infertility in China: a national cross-sectional study

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