Table 3 Proportion of ever-married women aged 15–49 years who sought help for intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past 12 months. NFHS-3 (2005–2006) and NFHS-4 (2015–2016), India
Any IPV (past 12 months) | Physical IPV (past 12 months) | Sexual IPV (past 12 months) | Emotional IPV (past 12 months) | Spousal Control (ongoing) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | |||||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Any help (Informal or formal) | 5096 | (26.6) | 2752 | (14.5) | 3553 | (28.0) | 2073 | (14.6) | 1185 | (29.7) | 733 | (22.6) | 2163 | (38.1) | 1331 | (22.7) | 3969 | (29.0) | 2375 | (16.2) |
Any informal help | 5008 | (26.2) | 2664 | (14.1) | 3494 | (27.5) | 2009 | (14.2) | 1153 | (28.9) | 702 | (21.6) | 2117 | (37.3) | 1283 | (21.9) | 3896 | (28.5) | 2294 | (15.6) |
Own family | 3504 | (18.3) | 1750 | (9.2) | 2392 | (18.8) | 1310 | (9.3) | 794 | (19.9) | 471 | (14.5) | 1502 | (26.4) | 853 | (14.6) | 2733 | (20.3) | 1509 | (10.3) |
Husband/partner family | 1563 | (8.2) | 926 | (4.9) | 1138 | (9.0) | 722 | (5.1) | 359 | (9.0) | 254 | (7.8) | 640 | (11.3) | 435 | (7.4) | 1177 | (8.7) | 791 | (5.4) |
Current/former partner or husband | 43 | (0.2) | 39 | (0.2) | 25 | (0.2) | 29 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.3) | 14 | (0.3) | 17 | (0.3) | 30 | (0.2) | 29 | (0.2) |
Current/former boyfriend | 5 | (0.03) | 8 | (0.04) | 1 | (0.0) | 7 | (0.1) | 1 | (0.0) | 5 | (0.2) | 1 | (0.0) | 7 | (0.1) | 4 | (0.0) | 8 | (0.1) |
Neighbor | 898 | (4.7) | 273 | (1.4) | 681 | (5.4) | 211 | (1.5) | 267 | (6.7) | 81 | (2.5) | 458 | (8.1) | 159 | (2.7) | 680 | (5.1) | 230 | (1.6) |
Friends | 552 | (2.9) | 390 | (2.1) | 404 | (3.2) | 290 | (2.1) | 137 | (3.4) | 99 | (3.1) | 281 | (5.0) | 201 | (3.4) | 420 | (3.1) | 317 | (2.2) |
Other | 72 | (0.4) | 43 | (0.2) | 41 | (0.3) | 39 | (0.3) | 25 | (0.6) | 18 | (0.6) | 38 | (0.7) | 25 | (0.4) | 66 | (0.5) | 40 | (0.3) |
Any formal help | 267 | (1.4) | 215 | (1.1) | 175 | (1.4) | 160 | (1.1) | 89 | (2.2) | 77 | (2.4) | 142 | (2.5) | 132 | (2.3) | 231 | (1.7) | 196 | (1.3) |
Religious leader | 52 | (0.3) | 58 | (0.3) | 41 | (0.3) | 45 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.4) | 18 | (0.6) | 36 | (0.6) | 31 | (0.5) | 44 | (0.3) | 54 | (0.4) |
Doctor | 19 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.1) | 13 | (0.1) | 16 | (0.1) | 6 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.3) | 8 | (0.1) | 15 | (0.3) | 16 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.1) |
NGO | 54 | (0.3) | 24 | (0.1) | 36 | (0.3) | 15 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.5) | 8 | (0.3) | 29 | (0.5) | 11 | (0.2) | 50 | (0.4) | 22 | (0.8) |
Police | 155 | (0.8) | 122 | (0.6) | 98 | (0.8) | 94 | (0.7) | 54 | (1.4) | 48 | (1.5) | 81 | (1.4) | 84 | (1.4) | 132 | (1.0) | 111 | (0.8) |
Lawyer | 42 | (0.2) | 31 | (0.2) | 20 | (0.2) | 19 | (0.1) | 10 | (0.3) | 7 | (0.2) | 14 | (0.3) | 17 | (0.3) | 35 | (0.3) | 29 | (0.2) |
All | 19,152 | (100.0) | 18,957 | (100.0) | 12,696 | (100.0) | 14,158 | (100.0) | 3993 | (100.0) | 3246 | (100.0) | 5682 | (100.0 | 5860 | (100.0) | 13,681 | (100.0) | 14,701 | (100.0) |