1) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced sexual violence by specific exact ages.
2) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have not experienced sexual violence.
Coverage:
By age
Population base:
a) By age: all women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence
module (v044= 1)
b) By perpetrator:
a. All ever-married women and never-married women age 15-49 reporting an intimate partner selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module (v044= 1 & (v502 in 1:2 or d100 in 1:2) )
b. All women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module (v044= 1)
Time period: Current status at the time of survey
Numerators:
1) Number of women age 15-49 whose first experience of sexual violence occurred before they attained the specified age (10, 12, 15, 18, 22) (d126 in 1:49 & d126 < specified age or (d109a in 0:49 & d126 in 0:49 & d126 < d109a) )
2) Number of women age 15-49 who have not experienced sexual violence. This is the number of women not included in numerator 1 for Percentage of women who have ever experienced sexual violence by any perpetrator, and who experienced sexual violence by any perpetrator in the 12 months preceding the survey
Denominator: Number of women age 15-49 selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module (v044 = 1)
Variables: IR file.
|
v044 |
Selected for Domestic Violence module |
|
v502 |
Currently/formerly/never in union |
|
d100 |
Ever had an intimate relationship with a man |
|
d109a |
Age when first forced to have sexual acts by husband or partner |
|
d126 |
Age at first forced sexual act |
|
d005 |
Weight for Domestic Violence |
All respondents are asked about their experience of sexual violence in their lifetime. Those who report any experience of violence are also asked the age at which the sexual violence first occurred. These two pieces of information (a “yes” on one or more of the sexual violence questions and the age at first experience of sexual violence) are used to determine the percentage of all women who have experienced violence by the specified age.
From 2021, age at first experience of sexual violence can also be calculated separately by the type of perpetrator (i.e., husband/intimate partner and non-intimate partner).
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Women with missing or don’t know information on age at first sexual violence are included in the denominator but not the numerator; their age at first experience of sexual violence is considered as unknown but not before the specified age.
Women who have experienced violence by an exact age are the women who have experienced sexual violence at any age before the specified age. Thus, for example, women who have experienced violence by exact age 15 include those who have experienced violence before exact age 10 and exact age 12.
Note also that the number of questions from which information is taken for the numerator varies by the current marital status of women. Ever-married/partnered women are asked more questions about sexual violence than never-married women who do not report an intimate partner because there are several questions on the different types of sexual violence perpetrated by ever-married women’s husbands/intimate partners in addition to violence perpetrated by anyone else. Additionally, since 2021, ever-married women and never married women who report sexual violence are asked for age at first experience separately by type of perpetrator (husband/intimate partner and anyone other than husband/intimate partner).
In several earlier surveys, women who reported sexual violence by only a current/most recent husband/partner were not asked about the age at which the sexual violence first occurred. This makes it difficult to look at trends over time.
Till recently, all women who reported sexual violence were asked who the first perpetrator of the sexual violence was and what their age was at this first experience. From 2021, ever-married women and never married women who have ever had an intimate partner who report sexual violence by an intimate partner are asked about their age at which they first experienced intimate partner sexual violence; additionally, if they report sexual violence by a non-intimate partner, they are asked another question about their age at that time. There is no change for never-married women who did not report an intimate partner.
See Changes over Time for Percentage of women who have ever experienced sexual violence, and who experienced sexual violence in the 12 months preceding the survey.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table DV.7
API Indicator IDs:
DV_AFSV_W_A10, DV_AFSV_W_A12, DV_AFSV_W_A15, DV_AFSV_W_A18, DV_AFSV_W_A22, DV_AFSV_W_NON