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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Populations, by Country

From: Intimate partner violence and maternal health services utilization: evidence from 36 National Household Surveys

Country

Survey

Sample

IPV variables

Other characteristics

 

Any

Emotional

Physical

Sexual

Completed

Completed

Any

Married

Urban

Age

Total

Wealth

IPV

IPV

IPV

IPV

primary

secondary

tertiary

children

quintile

year

size

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

   

Afghanistan

2015

14,070

52.3%

32.6%

48.3%

8.1%

10.3%

4.0%

1.7%

99.1%

24.7%

29.5

4.5

2.9

Burkina Faso

2010

7567

15.8%

9.9%

11.4%

1.6%

9.2%

0.5%

0.3%

97.0%

25.1%

28.9

3.8

3.0

Cambodia

2014

1696

24.6%

20.8%

14.4%

4.5%

43.6%

7.4%

3.1%

95.3%

23.8%

29.2

2.5

3.0

Cameroon

2011

2740

55.1%

38.8%

42.1%

14.6%

55.1%

5.0%

3.3%

87.6%

43.9%

27.9

3.7

2.9

Chad

2014–15

2835

29.5%

19.8%

22.6%

8.9%

12.6%

1.5%

0.6%

94.1%

20.6%

28.1

4.6

2.9

Colombia

2015–16

9398

32.8%

18.3%

27.8%

5.0%

89.0%

55.2%

28.4%

74.0%

70.1%

27.5

2.2

2.3

Comoros

2012

1314

9.9%

7.5%

5.8%

1.6%

37.9%

11.0%

7.0%

93.7%

34.7%

29.3

3.7

2.7

Cote d’Ivoire

2011–12

3716

28.4%

15.9%

23.0%

4.6%

17.2%

1.8%

0.9%

86.9%

34.7%

28.9

3.7

2.7

Republic of the Congo

2013–14

4416

55.8%

36.2%

45.5%

25.5%

44.5%

7.1%

1.5%

88.9%

27.9%

28.8

4.0

2.6

Egypt

2014

3581

29.9%

18.3%

24.5%

4.1%

79.5%

61.1%

17.5%

98.2%

42.0%

29.1

2.7

3.2

Gabon

2012

2843

47.8%

29.1%

40.5%

12.6%

64.9%

5.7%

3.6%

75.0%

61.9%

28.7

3.7

2.2

Gambia

2013

2577

29.4%

16.5%

22.5%

3.1%

29.1%

8.0%

2.5%

93.1%

40.3%

29.1

3.8

2.6

Guatemala

2014–15

3671

23.9%

20.0%

13.8%

3.6%

49.1%

12.5%

4.2%

88.6%

36.2%

28.0

2.9

2.7

Haiti

2012

4032

29.5%

22.5%

15.8%

11.5%

38.0%

3.4%

2.5%

87.8%

34.3%

29.5

3.2

2.6

Honduras

2011–12

6872

30.6%

27.2%

16.7%

4.9%

61.6%

13.2%

3.9%

83.8%

33.7%

27.7

2.8

2.5

India

2005–6

25,972

27.5%

11.2%

22.5%

7.2%

51.3%

13.6%

8.7%

98.3%

38.8%

27.2

2.8

3.1

Jordan

2012

4284

29.8%

21.6%

19.2%

7.4%

93.8%

46.5%

34.2%

99.0%

69.4%

31.7

3.7

2.6

Kenya

2014

3013

40.7%

26.6%

32.9%

10.4%

52.0%

16.7%

6.3%

85.1%

34.6%

28.7

3.5

2.6

Kyrgyz Republic

2012

2477

28.3%

10.7%

25.5%

4.2%

99.7%

90.9%

45.9%

95.7%

26.9%

29.3

2.7

2.9

Liberia

2006–07

1525

40.6%

31.6%

29.9%

9.0%

14.3%

1.4%

0.4%

82.8%

21.8%

29.5

4.0

2.3

Malawi

2015–16

3794

40.0%

26.5%

23.9%

19.0%

31.3%

7.5%

1.5%

85.8%

17.0%

27.8

3.2

2.9

Mali

2012–13

2329

44.7%

31.9%

29.8%

14.3%

12.4%

1.7%

0.9%

97.4%

27.7%

28.5

3.9

3.1

Moldova

2005

1138

24.3%

17.7%

16.9%

2.7%

99.0%

39.4%

22.8%

94.0%

55.2%

27.4

1.7

3.4

Namibia

2013

1075

21.2%

14.5%

16.1%

5.2%

74.4%

22.3%

5.5%

55.8%

45.4%

29.4

2.9

2.8

Nepal

2011–12

1512

32.7%

17.3%

23.1%

15.5%

42.7%

15.5%

6.1%

98.7%

22.0%

27.0

2.6

2.7

Nigeria

2013

15,118

25.6%

19.8%

14.9%

5.7%

50.7%

24.4%

7.2%

95.3%

34.8%

29.2

3.9

2.9

Rwanda

2015

855

34.7%

21.9%

26.4%

9.0%

37.0%

5.6%

1.8%

84.6%

21.5%

29.9

2.9

2.9

Sierra Leone

2013

2621

46.4%

25.8%

41.2%

6.4%

21.6%

3.9%

1.5%

88.9%

30.7%

29.4

3.9

2.9

Tajikistan

2012

2283

24.0%

10.6%

19.7%

3.3%

95.9%

57.4%

17.4%

97.6%

36.0%

29.4

2.9

3.3

Tanzania

2015–16

5310

43.4%

30.5%

34.5%

11.6%

67.3%

10.4%

0.6%

84.8%

25.2%

29.3

3.7

3.0

The Philippines

2013

4179

21.1%

15.1%

13.1%

5.6%

86.7%

58.9%

26.6%

93.5%

39.7%

30.2

3.1

2.5

Timor-Leste

2009–10

1579

36.7%

7.4%

34.8%

1.7%

49.3%

16.4%

1.9%

97.0%

22.6%

31.5

4.4

2.8

Togo

2013–14

3851

37.5%

31.4%

21.6%

7.8%

29.6%

2.1%

1.2%

92.6%

31.3%

30.1

3.6

2.8

Uganda

2011

1275

57.3%

40.0%

41.5%

26.3%

34.9%

5.3%

4.2%

87.2%

22.7%

28.5

4.2

2.8

Zambia

2013–14

7415

44.5%

22.7%

36.0%

16.1%

50.0%

9.2%

3.4%

82.4%

39.1%

28.8

3.9

2.7

Zimbabwe

2015

3752

43.2%

29.2%

29.6%

11.0%

87.6%

6.9%

5.8%

86.2%

38.9%

28.7

2.8

3.1

Full sample

2005–16

166,685

34.0%

21.3%

26.0%

8.2%

49.3%

17.8%

8.0%

91.3%

36.3%

28.7

3.4

2.8

  1. Notes: All variables are dichotomous variables. “Any IPV” is any emotional, physical, or sexual violence by partner in lifetime. “Emotional violence” is any emotional violence by partner in lifetime. “Physical violence” is any physical violence by partner in lifetime. “Sexual violence” is any sexual violence by partner in lifetime. Physical violence does not include sexual violence. The variables capturing “completed primary”, “completed secondary”, and “completed tertiary” refer to educational attainment