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17.7 INJURIES TO WOMEN DUE TO SPOUSAL VIOLENCE<br />

Injuries due to spousal violence<br />

Percentage of women who have the following types of injuries from spousal<br />

violence: cuts, bruises, or aches; eye injuries, sprains, dislocations, or burns;<br />

deep wounds, broken bones, broken teeth, or any other serious injury<br />

Sample: Ever-married women age 15-49 who experienced physical or sexual<br />

violence committed by a current husband (if currently married) or most recent<br />

husband (if formerly married)<br />

Among ever-married women who have experienced any spousal physical or sexual violence, 34% have<br />

sustained some kind of injury and the percentage who have been injured is slightly higher (41%) among<br />

women who experienced physical violence than among women who experienced sexual violence (38%)<br />

(Table 17.14).<br />

Cuts, bruises, or aches are the most common types of injuries (31%) reported by women who have<br />

experienced spousal physical or sexual violence. However, a significant proportion of women who<br />

experienced spousal physical or sexual violence also report more serious injuries like deep wounds, broken<br />

bones, and broken teeth (11%) as well as eye injuries, sprains, dislocations, or burns (10%).<br />

Trends: There has been virtually no change in the percentage of women who have ever experienced<br />

spousal violence and received one or more injuries. This percentage was 35% in 2010 and is 34% in <strong>2015</strong>-<br />

<strong>16</strong>.<br />

17.8 VIOLENCE INITIATED BY WOMEN AGAINST HUSBANDS<br />

Initiation of physical violence by wives<br />

Percentage of women who have ever hit, slapped, kicked, or done anything<br />

else to physically hurt their current (if currently married) or most recent (if<br />

formerly married) husband at times when he was not already beating or<br />

physically hurting her.<br />

Sample: Ever-married women age 15-49<br />

In <strong>Malawi</strong>, 4% of ever-married women have ever initiated physical violence against their current (if<br />

currently married) or most recent (if formerly married) husband when he was not already beating or<br />

physically hurting them. Two percent reported that they initiated violence within the past 12 months<br />

(Tables 17.15 and 17.<strong>16</strong>).<br />

Women who have experienced spousal violence are much more likely than women who have not<br />

experienced spousal violence to have ever initiated violence against their husbands. Ten percent of women<br />

who have ever experienced spousal violence also perpetrated such violence compared with 2% who have<br />

never experienced spousal violence. Nonetheless, the percentage of women who initiate violence even<br />

among those who have experienced violence is a small fraction of the percentage of women who have ever<br />

experienced spousal physical violence.<br />

Trends: The percentage of ever married women who have ever initiated physical violence against their<br />

husbands has remained unchanged at 4% since 2010.<br />

Patterns by background characteristics<br />

• Women’s initiation of spousal violence is much more common among Ngoni women (10%) than<br />

among women in any other ethnic group.<br />

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