1) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical violence only.
2) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced sexual violence only.
3) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical and sexual violence.
4) Percentage of women age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual violence.
Coverage:
Population base: 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 who have experienced any form of physical violence asked about by anyone (see numerator 1 for Percentage of women who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator, and who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months) and have not experienced any form of sexual violence, as a child or as an adult, by anyone (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)
2) Number of women who have ever experienced any form of sexual violence, as a child or as an adult, by anyone (see 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) and have not experienced any form of physical violence asked about by anyone (women not in numerator 1 for Percentage of women who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator, and who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months)
3) Number of women who have experienced any form of physical violence asked about by anyone (see numerator 1 for Percentage of women who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator, and who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months) and have experienced any form of sexual violence, as a child or as an adult, by anyone (see numerator 1 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)
4) Number of women who have experienced any form of physical violence asked about by anyone (see numerator 1 for Percentage of women who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator, and who have experienced physical violence by any perpetrator in the past 12 months) or have experienced any form of sexual violence, as a child or as an adult, by anyone (see 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.
See variables for:
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Numerators can be summarized as:
1) Women who say “yes” to one or more of questions on experience of physical violence and say “no” to all questions on experience of sexual violence
2) Women who say “yes” to one or more questions on experience of sexual violence and say “no” to all questions on experience of physical violence.
3) Women who say “yes” to one or more of questions on experience of physical violence and say “yes” to one or more questions on experience of sexual violence
4) Women who say “yes” to one or more questions on experience of physical violence and/or say “yes” to one or more questions on experience of sexual violence
Women with missing information on physical and/or sexual violence are included in the denominator but not the numerators.
The number of questions from which information is taken for the numerator in each case varies by the current marital status of women. Ever-married women and never-married women who report ever having an intimate partner are asked many more questions about physical and/or sexual violence than never-married women who do not report ever having an intimate partner because women who have a husband/intimate partner are asked several questions on intimate partner violence in addition to violence perpetrated by anyone who is not a husband/intimate partner.
See Changes over Time in the indicator descriptions for Experience of Physical Violence and Experience of Sexual Violence.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table DV.8
API Indicator IDs:
DV_FMVL_W_PHS, DV_FMVL_W_SEX, DV_FMVL_W_PAS, DV_FMVL_W_POS