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Table 17.12 Physical or sexual violence in the past 12 months by any<br />

husband/partner<br />

Percentage of ever-married women who have experienced physical or<br />

sexual violence by any husband/partner in the past 12 months, according to<br />

background characteristics, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Percentage of women<br />

who have experienced<br />

physical or sexual<br />

violence in the past<br />

12 months from any<br />

husband/partner<br />

Number of<br />

ever-married<br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-19 28.1 357<br />

20-24 25.3 1,047<br />

25-29 30.2 1,006<br />

30-39 21.7 1,675<br />

40-49 19.9 899<br />

Religion<br />

Anglican 24.5 857<br />

Catholic 19.9 742<br />

CCAP 1 23.9 110<br />

Muslim 25.9 315<br />

Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 27.0 2,258<br />

Other Christian 18.2 673<br />

No religion (51.4) 28<br />

Ethnic group<br />

Chewa 27.0 1,694<br />

Lomwe 26.3 427<br />

Mang’anja 22.0 987<br />

Ngoni 25.9 92<br />

Nkhonde 21.3 733<br />

Nyanja 28.0 <strong>16</strong>4<br />

Sena 20.7 47<br />

Tonga 22.0 577<br />

Tombuka 22.3 132<br />

Yao 19.7 50<br />

Other 27.9 80<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 21.4 833<br />

Rural 24.9 4,151<br />

Region<br />

Northern 24.7 597<br />

Central 26.5 2,084<br />

Southern 22.2 2,303<br />

Marital status<br />

Married or living together 24.3 4,171<br />

Divorced/separated/widowed 24.4 813<br />

Number of living children<br />

0 20.8 315<br />

1-2 26.0 1,865<br />

3-4 25.6 1,652<br />

5+ 20.7 1,152<br />

Employment<br />

Employed for cash 25.2 1,466<br />

Employed not for cash 25.0 2,212<br />

Not employed 22.0 1,306<br />

Education<br />

No education 21.0 7<strong>16</strong><br />

Primary 26.9 3,179<br />

Secondary 18.5 959<br />

More than secondary 21.4 130<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 27.0 1,059<br />

Second 26.6 1,002<br />

Middle 25.5 970<br />

Fourth 23.4 906<br />

Highest 19.1 1,047<br />

Woman afraid of husband/<br />

partner<br />

Most of the time afraid 45.2 966<br />

Sometimes afraid 25.8 1,767<br />

Never afraid 14.1 2,250<br />

Total 24.3 4,984<br />

Note: Any husband/partner includes all current, most recent, and former<br />

husbands/partners. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted<br />

cases.<br />

1<br />

Church of Central Africa Presbyterian.<br />

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