Combinations of Types of Intimate Partner Violence: Ever Experienced

 

Percentage of ever-married women and never-married women who report an intimate partner who have ever experienced physical violence and sexual violence, physical violence and sexual violence and emotional violence, physical violence or sexual violence, physical violence or sexual violence or emotional violence by their current or most recent husbands/partners

 

Definition

 

Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever experienced:

1)      physical violence and sexual violence by their current husbands/partners if currently married or most recent husbands/partners if divorced, separated, or widowed.

2)      physical violence and sexual violence and emotional violence by their current husbands/partners if currently married or most recent husbands/partners if divorced, separated, or widowed.

3)      physical violence or sexual violence by their current husbands/partners if currently married or most recent husbands/partners if divorced, separated, or widowed.

4)      physical violence or sexual violence or emotional violence by their current husbands/partners if currently married or most recent husbands/partners if divorced, separated, or widowed.

 

Percentage of never-married women age 15-49 who report an intimate partner who have ever experienced:

1)      physical violence and sexual violence by their current intimate partner or most recent intimate partner if they do not currently have an intimate partner but have ever had one.

2)      physical violence and sexual violence and emotional violence by their current intimate partner or most recent intimate partner if they do not currently have an intimate partner but have ever had one.

3)      physical violence or sexual violence by their current intimate partner or most recent intimate partner if they do not currently have an intimate partner but have ever had one.

4)      physical violence or sexual violence or emotional violence by their current intimate partner or most recent intimate partner if they do not currently have an intimate partner but have ever had one.

 

Coverage:

Population base: All women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module (v044 = 1) who report being ever-married or ever having had an intimate partner (v502 in 1:2 or d100 in 1:2) (IR file)

Time period: Current status at time of survey     

 

Numerators:

Numbers of women who say “yes” to ever experiencing:

1)      One or more of the specified acts of intimate partner physical violence (any of d105a – f, j in 1:4) and one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner sexual violence (any of d105h, i, k in 1:4)

2)      One or more of the specified acts of intimate partner physical violence (any of d105a – f, j in 1:4) and one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner sexual violence (any of d105h, i, k in 1:4) and one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner emotional violence (any of d103a, b, c in 1:4)

3)      One or more of the specified acts of intimate partner physical violence (any of d105a – f, j in 1:4) or one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner sexual violence (any of d105h, i, k in 1:4)

4)      One or more of the specified acts of intimate partner physical violence (any of d105a – f, j in 1:4) or one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner sexual violence (any of d105h, i, k in 1:4) or one or more of the specified acts of intimate partner emotional violence (any of d103a, b, c in 1:4)

 

Denominator: Number of ever-married women age 15-49 and never-married women age 15-49 who have ever had an intimate partner selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module (v044 = 1 & (v502 in 1:2 or d100 in 1:2) )

 

Variables: IR file.

v044

Selected for Domestic Violence module

v502

Currently/formerly/never in union

d100

Ever had an intimate relationship with a man

d103a

Ever been humiliated by husband/partner

d103b

Ever been threatened with harm by husband/partner

d103c

Ever been insulted or made to feel bad by husband/partner

d105a

Ever been pushed, shook or had something thrown by husband/partner

d105b

Ever been slapped by husband/partner

d105c

Ever been punched with fist or hit by something harmful by husband/partner

d105d

Ever been kicked or dragged by husband/partner

d105e

Ever been strangled or burnt by husband/partner

d105f

Ever been attacked with knife/gun or other weapon by husband/partner

d105g

Ever CS physical violence by husband/partner

d105h

Ever been physically forced into unwanted sex by husband/partner

d105i

Ever been forced into other unwanted sexual acts by husband/partner

d105j

Ever had arm twisted or hair pulled by husband/partner

d105k

Ever been physically forced to perform sexual acts respondent didn't want to

d005

Weight for Domestic Violence

 

Calculation

 

Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.

 

Handling of Missing Values

 

Women with missing information on one or more of the questions used for the indicator are included in the denominator but not the numerator.

 

Notes and Considerations

 

Ever-married women include women who have ever had a partner who they lived with as-if married. For women who have had one or more husbands/intimate partners, only violence by the most recent husband/intimate partner is included.

 

Changes over Time

 

See Changes over Time for the indicators Intimate Partner Physical Violence, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Emotional Violence.

 

References

 

See References for this chapter.

 

Resources

 

DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables DV.9, DV.11 and DV.12

 

API Indicator IDs:

DV_SPVL_W_PAS, DV_SPVL_W_ALL, DV_SPVL_W_POS, DV_SPVL_W_ANY

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