1) Percentage of women age 15-49 who report being ever-married or ever having had an intimate partner and who have ever committed physical violence against their current husband/intimate partner if married or against the most recent husband/intimate partner if divorced, separated, widowed when he was not already beating or physically hurting her
2) Percentage of women age 15-49 who report being ever-married or ever having had an intimate partner and who have committed physical violence in the 12 months preceding the survey against their current husband/intimate partner if married or against the most recent husband/intimate partner if divorced, separated, widowed when he was not already beating or physically hurting her
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: Number of ever-married women age 15-49 and never-married women age 15-49 who report an intimate partner and who have committed physical violence against their current or most recent husband/intimate partner when he was not already beating or physically hurting her:
1) Ever (d112 = 1)
2) In the 12 months preceding the survey (d112a in 1:2)
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 |
|
d112 |
Respondent ever physically hurt husband/partner when he was not hurting her |
|
d112a |
Frequency of physically hurting husband/partner in last 12 months |
|
d005 |
Weight for Domestic Violence |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Women with missing information on whether they initiated violence against their husbands/intimate partners are excluded from the numerators but included in the denominator. Women with missing information on the frequency of initiating violence are excluded from the numerator but included in the denominator for the indicator on initiation of violence in the past 12 months.
The question on violence perpetrated by women against their husbands/intimate partners focuses on physical violence initiated by women and does not include the violence that may occur when women retaliate during an episode of on-going violence by their husband/intimate partner.
Since 2021, never-married women who report an intimate partner are also asked the question on initiating physical violence against their current or most recent intimate partner.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables DV.15 and DV.16
API Indicator IDs:
DV_VIOW_W_EVR, DV_VIOW_W_12M
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