Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 and never-married women age 15-49 who have ever had an intimate partner who have experienced physical violence ever or in the 12 months preceding the survey by their current or most recent husband/intimate partner.
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” to ever experiencing one or more of the following acts of physical violence by their husbands/intimate partners:
a) Pushed her, shook her, or threw something at her (d105a in 1:4)
b) Slapped her (d105b in 1:4)
c) Twisted her arm or pulled her hair (d105j in 1:4)
d) Punched her with his fist or with something that could hurt her (d105c in 1:4)
e) Kicked her, dragged her, or beat her up (d105d in 1:4)
f) Tried to choke her or burn her on purpose (d105e in 1:4)
g) Attacked her with a knife, gun, or other weapon (d105f in 1:4)
h) Any physical violence (any of d105a – f, j in 1:4)
2) Number of women who say “often” or “sometimes” when, for each act of intimate partner physical violence that they said they have ever experienced, they are asked how frequently this happened during the past 12 months:
a) Often (d105a – f, j = 1)
b) Sometimes (d105a – f, j = 2)
c) Ever in the past 12 months (d105a – f, j 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 |
|
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 |
|
d105j |
Ever had arm twisted or hair pulled by husband/partner |
|
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 committed by the most recent husband/intimate partner is included.
The percentage of women who have experienced each specific act of physical violence can also be calculated using the same logic: in the numerator are women who say “yes” to ever experiencing the act as a proportion of all women with a husband/intimate partner. Similarly, the percentage of women who have experienced any specific act of intimate partner sexual violence at all in the past 12 months are the proportion of all ever-married women and never-married women who say that they experienced the specific act “often” or “sometimes” in the past 12 months.
There are no notable systematic changes over time in the questions used to calculate these variables, although before 2005, the acts of physical violence were organized somewhat differently across the questions asked. Additionally, in some countries, minor modifications to the wording of each kind of act specified are sometimes made and, in some countries, additional acts may be asked about. In 2021, the item “Threatened or attacked her with a knife, gun, or other weapon” was changed to “Attacked her with a knife, gun, or other weapon”. Always, but especially when making comparisons over time, users are strongly advised to check the questions in each survey.
In some surveys before 2011, widowed women were asked about ever experience of spousal physical violence but were excluded from the questions on violence during the 12 months preceding the survey. This filter was removed in 2010-11.
From 2021, the questions on intimate partner physical violence are also asked of never-married women who report an intimate partner. Hence the labeling of the violence variables is no longer spousal physical violence but intimate partner physical violence.
See References for this chapter.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables DV.9, DV.11, and DV.12
API Indicator IDs:
DV_FSVL_W_PHS, DV_FSVL_W_PSH, DV_FSVL_W_SLP, DV_FSVL_W_TWS, DV_FSVL_W_PCH, DV_FSVL_W_KIK, DV_FSVL_W_CHK, DV_FSVL_W_KNF, DV_SPVL_W_PHS