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 |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Women with missing information on one or more of the questions used for the indicator are included in the denominator but not the numerator.
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.
See Changes over Time for the indicators Intimate Partner Physical Violence, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, and Intimate Partner Emotional Violence.
See References for this chapter.
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