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17 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ........................................................................................................... 279
Table 17.1 Experience of physical violence ........................................................................ 290
Table 17.2 Experience of violence during pregnancy .......................................................... 291
Table 17.3 Persons committing physical violence ............................................................... 292
Table 17.4 Experience of sexual violence............................................................................ 293
Table 17.5 Age at first experience of sexual violence ......................................................... 294
Table 17.6 Persons committing sexual violence .................................................................. 294
Table 17.7 Experience of different forms of violence ......................................................... 294
Table 17.8 Marital control exercised by husbands ............................................................... 295
Table 17.9 Forms of spousal violence ................................................................................. 296
Table 17.10 Spousal violence according to background characteristics ................................ 297
Table 17.11 Spousal violence according to husband’s characteristics and empowerment
indicators ............................................................................................................ 298
Table 17.12 Physical or sexual violence in the past 12 months by any husband/partner ....... 299
Table 17.13 Experience of spousal violence by duration of marriage ................................... 300
Table 17.14 Injuries to women due to spousal violence ........................................................ 300
Table 17.15 Violence by women against their husband according to women’s
background characteristics ................................................................................. 301
Table 17.16 Violence by women against their husband according to husband’s
characteristics and empowerment indicators ..................................................... 302
Table 17.17 Help seeking to stop violence ............................................................................ 303
Table 17.18 Sources for help to stop the violence ................................................................. 304
Figure 17.1 Violence during pregnancy by residence ........................................................... 281
Figure 17.2 Woman’s experience of violence by marital status ............................................ 281
Figure 17.3 Types of spousal violence .................................................................................. 285
Figure 17.4 Spousal violence by region ................................................................................ 285
Figure 17.5 Spousal violence by husband’s alcohol consumption ........................................ 286
Figure 17.6 Help seeking by type of violence experienced ................................................... 288
APPENDIX A DISTRICT TABLES ..................................................................................................... 307
Table A-2.1 Household drinking water: Districts .................................................................. 307
Table A-2.3 Household sanitation facilities: Districts ........................................................... 308
Table A-2.4 Household access to electricity: Districts .......................................................... 309
Table A-2.7 Hand washing: Districts ..................................................................................... 310
Table A-2.10.1 Birth registration of children under age five: Districts ...................................... 311
Table A-2.11 Children’s living arrangements and orphanhood: Districts ................................ 312
Table A-2.12.1 Educational attainment of the female household population: Districts .............. 313
Table A-2.12.2 Educational attainment of the male household population: Districts ................. 314
Table A-3.1 Distribution of survey respondents: Districts ..................................................... 315
Table A-3.2.1 Educational attainment: Women by districts ..................................................... 316
Table A-3.2.2 Educational attainment: Men by districts ........................................................... 317
Table A-3.3.1 Literacy: Women by districts ............................................................................. 318
Table A-3.3.2 Literacy: Men by districts .................................................................................. 319
Table A-3.4.1 Exposure to mass media: Women by districts ................................................... 320
Table A-3.4.2 Exposure to mass media: Men by districts ......................................................... 321
Table A-3.5.1 Internet usage: Women by districts .................................................................... 322
Table A-3.5.2 Internet usage: Men by districts ......................................................................... 323
Table A-3.6.1 Employment status: Women by districts ........................................................... 324
Table A-3.6.2 Employment status: Men by districts ................................................................. 325
Table A-3.7.1 Occupation: Women by districts ........................................................................ 326
Table A-3.7.2 Occupation: Men by districts ............................................................................. 327
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