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16.15 HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF WOMEN<br />

WHO EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE<br />

All respondents who have ever<br />

experienced physical or sexual violence by any<br />

person were asked a series <strong>of</strong> questions about<br />

whether <strong>and</strong> from whom they sought help to try<br />

to end the violence. This information is<br />

presented in Table 16.13.<br />

About one in five women (24 percent)<br />

who experience violence seek help. Women who<br />

experience both physical <strong>and</strong> sexual violence 1<br />

(50 percent) are most likely to seek help. The<br />

percentage <strong>of</strong> respondents who seek help varies<br />

from 19 percent among women age 15-19 to<br />

27 percent among women age 25-29.<br />

Unemployed women are less likely to seek help<br />

than those who are employed for cash (24 <strong>and</strong> 36<br />

percent, respectively). Women with no living<br />

children are slightly less likely to seek help than<br />

other women. Formerly married women (53<br />

percent) who experienced physical violence are<br />

more likely to seek help than other respondents.<br />

District-level differences are large <strong>and</strong><br />

could be due to differences in the degree <strong>of</strong><br />

adherence to ingrained cultural norms. For<br />

example, 7 percent <strong>of</strong> women who experienced<br />

violence in Manufahi sought help, compared<br />

with one in two women in Covalima (51<br />

percent). Women with no education <strong>and</strong> those in<br />

the lowest <strong>and</strong> second wealth quintiles were less<br />

likely to seek help than other women. Urban<br />

women were more likely to seek help to end<br />

violence.<br />

Women most <strong>of</strong>ten sought help from<br />

their own family members (82 percent) <strong>and</strong> from<br />

in-laws (27 percent). About 14 percent <strong>of</strong> women<br />

sought help from friends/neighbors. It is<br />

interesting to note that only 4 percent <strong>of</strong> women<br />

sought help from the police, while 1 percent <strong>of</strong><br />

women sought help from social service<br />

organizations (data not shown separately).<br />

16.16 FAMILY SUPPORT FOR ABUSED WOMEN<br />

IN NEED<br />

Women having a strong fallback position<br />

could be in a better position than those with no<br />

fallback position when faced with domestic<br />

Table 16.13 Help seeking to stop violence<br />

Among women age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical<br />

or sexual violence, percentage who fought back physically,<br />

fought back verbally or sought help from any source to end the<br />

violence according to type <strong>of</strong> violence <strong>and</strong> background<br />

characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Have sought<br />

help from any<br />

source<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

women<br />

Type <strong>of</strong> violence<br />

Physical only 21.8 1,057<br />

Sexual only (27.4) 31<br />

Both physical <strong>and</strong> sexual 50.3 69<br />

Current age<br />

15-19 19.2 214<br />

20-24 25.1 186<br />

25-29 27.1 197<br />

30-39 24.3 345<br />

40-49 22.7 215<br />

Employed past 12 months<br />

Not employed 23.7 727<br />

Employed for cash 35.6 96<br />

Employed not for cash 20.1 333<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> living children<br />

0 17.1 330<br />

1-2 26.8 240<br />

3-4 25.3 273<br />

5+ 26.7 312<br />

Marital status <strong>and</strong> duration<br />

Never married 16.8 287<br />

Currently married woman 23.8 805<br />

Married only once 23.8 792<br />

0-4 years 27.9 129<br />

5-9 years 24.5 164<br />

<strong>10</strong>+ years 22.5 499<br />

Married more than once 21.0 13<br />

Divorced/separated/widowed 52.7 64<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 31.4 348<br />

Rural 20.3 808<br />

District<br />

Aileu 11.1 57<br />

Ainaro (19.1) 20<br />

Baucau 20.5 154<br />

Bobonaro (31.4) 44<br />

Covalima 50.9 <strong>10</strong>2<br />

Dili 34.4 251<br />

Ermera (14.2) 88<br />

Lautem 21.7 <strong>10</strong>3<br />

Liquiçá 17.6 65<br />

Manatuto (22.8) 23<br />

Manufahi 6.8 87<br />

Oecussi 17.9 116<br />

Viqueque (3.6) 46<br />

Education<br />

No education 19.9 348<br />

Primary 24.2 294<br />

Secondary 25.2 472<br />

More than secondary (33.8) 42<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 19.9 208<br />

Second 16.7 218<br />

Middle 23.7 222<br />

Fourth 22.8 226<br />

Highest 32.4 282<br />

Total 23.7 1,156<br />

Note: Excludes women whose sexual initiation was forced but<br />

who have not experienced any other form <strong>of</strong> physical or sexual<br />

violence. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49<br />

unweighted cases.<br />

1<br />

Physical violence here excludes violence during pregnancy, <strong>and</strong> sexual violence excludes those whose first sex<br />

was forced.<br />

Domestic Violence | 245

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