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Tribune Editorial: Domestic violence takes a physical, and financial, toll on victims

Nearly 18 percent of women in Utah experience physical domestic violence — physical abuse including hitting, kicking or choking. Yet less than 15 percent of those women seek help after being abused. Such a statistic raises questions about the accuracy of the 20 percent reporting rate. It is likely that women who have been abused do not disclose such abuse, even on anonymous questionnaires.

A national survey of Utah women between 2010 and 2012 found that one-third of women experience partner violence, including nonphysical aggression such as stalking. That report found that 27 percent of Utah women, as compared with the 18 percent the Utah study found, have experienced physical domestic violence.