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Table 17.<strong>16</strong> Violence by women against their husband according to husband’s<br />

characteristics and empowerment indicators<br />

Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who have committed physical violence against<br />

their current or most recent husband/partner when he was not already beating or physically<br />

hurting her, ever and in the past 12 months, according to their husband’s characteristics,<br />

<strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic Ever 1<br />

Percentage who have committed<br />

physical violence against their<br />

husband/partner<br />

In the past<br />

12 months<br />

Number of evermarried<br />

women<br />

Husband’s/partner’s education 2<br />

No education 1.6 1.3 395<br />

Primary 3.8 2.4 2,273<br />

Secondary 2.8 1.8 1,225<br />

More than secondary 10.1 3.7 218<br />

Husband’s/partner’s alcohol<br />

consumption<br />

Does not drink 2.3 1.5 3,446<br />

Drinks/never gets drunk 3.8 1.7 104<br />

Gets drunk sometimes 5.9 3.0 898<br />

Gets drunk very often 9.8 5.8 536<br />

Spousal education difference 2<br />

Husband better educated 4.2 2.1 2,410<br />

Wife better educated 2.9 2.1 918<br />

Both equally educated 2.2 1.9 553<br />

Neither educated 1.3 1.3 182<br />

Spousal age difference 2<br />

Wife older 3.2 1.9 175<br />

Wife is same age 1.4 0.6 157<br />

Wife’s 1-4 years younger 2.6 1.7 1,798<br />

Wife’s 5-9 years younger 4.5 2.5 1,444<br />

Wife’s 10+ years younger 5.3 3.1 597<br />

Number of marital control<br />

behaviours displayed by<br />

husband/partner 3<br />

0 1.3 0.8 1,423<br />

1-2 3.7 1.9 2,373<br />

3-4 6.8 4.0 971<br />

5 8.2 7.0 217<br />

Number of decisions in which<br />

women participate 4<br />

0 2.0 1.1 578<br />

1-2 3.7 2.1 1,540<br />

3 4.0 2.5 2,052<br />

Number of reasons for which wifebeating<br />

is justified 5<br />

0 3.6 2.1 4,245<br />

1-2 4.8 2.9 461<br />

3-4 5.2 4.5 201<br />

5 3.9 1.9 77<br />

Woman’s father beat her mother<br />

Yes 6.8 4.2 1,261<br />

No 2.7 1.5 3,401<br />

Don’t know/missing 3.8 2.6 321<br />

Woman afraid of husband/partner<br />

Most of the time afraid 7.0 4.7 966<br />

Sometimes afraid 3.3 2.2 1,767<br />

Never afraid 2.8 1.2 2,250<br />

Total 3.8 2.2 4,984<br />

Note: Husband/partner refers to the current husband/partner for currently married women and<br />

the most recent husband/partner for divorced, separated, or widowed women. Total includes<br />

61 ever-married women with missing information on husband’s/partner’s education and 108<br />

ever-married women with missing information on spousal education difference.<br />

1<br />

Includes in the past 12 months.<br />

2<br />

Includes only currently married women.<br />

3<br />

According to the wife’s report. See Table 17.8 for list of behaviours.<br />

4<br />

According to the wife’s report. Includes only currently married women. See Table <strong>16</strong>.9.1 for<br />

list of decisions.<br />

5<br />

According to the wife’s report. See Table <strong>16</strong>.10.1 for list of reasons.<br />

302 • Domestic Violence

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