1) Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 whose current husband/partner for currently married women and most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or widowed women, or current or most recent intimate partner for never-married women age 15-49 who report having had an intimate partner who has ever displayed one or more of the following controlling behaviors:
a) jealous or angry if she talks to other men;
b) frequently accuses her of being unfaithful;
c) does not permit her to meet her female friends;
d) tries to limit her contact with her family;
e) insists on knowing where she is at all times;
2) Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 whose current husband/partner for currently married women and most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or widowed women, or current or most recent intimate partner for never-married women age 15-49 who report having ever had an intimate partner displays 3 or more of the specific behaviors.
3) Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 whose current husband/partner for currently married women and most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or widowed women, or current or most recent intimate partner for never-married women age 15-49 who report ever having had an intimate partner displays none of the specific behaviors.
4) Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 whose current husband/partner for currently married women and most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or widowed women, or current or most recent intimate partner for never-married women age 15-49 who report having ever had an intimate partner who has displayed one or more of the following controlling behaviors in the 12 months preceding the survey.
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:
1) Number of women who say “yes” when asked about each of the five different types of the specified marital control behaviors displayed by their husbands/partners:
a) Is jealous or angry if she talks to other men (d101a = 1)
b) Frequently accuses her of being unfaithful (d101b = 1)
c) Does not permit her to meet her female friends (d101c = 1)
d) Tries to limit her contact with her family (d101d = 1)
e) Insists on knowing where she is at all times (d101e = 1)
2) Number of women who say “yes” to at least three of the five different types of specified marital control behaviors displayed by their husbands/partners (At least three of d101a – e = 1)
3) Number of women who say “no” to all of the five different types of specified marital control behaviors displayed by their husbands/partners (None of d101a – e = 1)
4) Number of women who say “often” or “sometimes” when, for each type of controlling behavior that they said their husband/intimate partner displays, they are asked how frequently this happened during the past 12 months:
a) Often (d101a – e = 1)
b) Sometimes (d101a – e = 2)
c) Ever in the past 12 months (d101a – e in 1:2)
Denominator: Number of ever-married women and never-married women who report ever having 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 |
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v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
|
d100 |
Ever had an intimate relationship with a man |
|
d101a |
Husband/partner jealous if respondent talks with other men |
|
d101b |
Husband/partner accuses respondent of unfaithfulness |
|
d101c |
Husband/partner does not permit respondent to meet female friends |
|
d101d |
Husband/partner tries to limit respondent's contact with family |
|
d101e |
Husband/partner insists on knowing where respondent is |
|
d101f |
Husband/partner doesn't trust respondent with money |
|
d005 |
Weight for Domestic Violence |
Women who say “yes” to the relevant questions as a proportion of all eligible women 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 behaviors of the most recent husband/intimate partner are included.
Before 2011, the list of marital control behaviors included a sixth one, namely “He does/did not trust you with any money?” (d101f). This item is no longer in the core module. Also note that in some countries, minor modifications to the wording of each kind of behavior are sometimes made and, in some countries, additional behaviors may be asked about.
From 2021, the questions on intimate partner controlling behaviors are also asked of never-married women who report an intimate partner. Hence the relevant variables are no longer being described as ‘marital’ behaviors. Additionally, all eligible women reporting any controlling behavior by their husband/intimate partner are also now asked about experience of such behavior in the past 12 months.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables DV. 9 and DV.10
API Indicator IDs:
DV_MCTL_W_JLS, DV_MCTL_W_ACC, DV_MCTL_W_FFR, DV_MCTL_W_FAM, DV_MCTL_W_WHR, DV_MCTL_W_MON, DV_MCTL_W_3BH, DV_MCTL_W_NON