Malawi 2015-16

Table 17.17 Help seeking to stop violence
Percent distribution of women age 15-49 who have ever experienced physical or sexual violence by their help-seeking
behaviour, according to type of violence and background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic
Sought help to
stop violence
Never sought
help but told
someone
Never sought
help, never told
anyone
Total
Number of
women who
have ever
experienced any
physical or
sexual violence
Type of violence
experienced
Physical only 35.1 11.8 53.1 100.0 1,322
Sexual only 29.7 6.8 63.5 100.0 469
Physical and sexual 54.5 10.6 35.0 100.0 844
Age
15-19 45.1 9.5 45.5 100.0 412
20-24 38.4 11.2 50.4 100.0 549
25-29 39.4 12.5 48.0 100.0 517
30-39 39.8 8.9 51.3 100.0 763
40-49 40.3 11.2 48.5 100.0 394
Religion
Anglican 39.7 9.8 50.5 100.0 466
Catholic 50.5 8.8 40.7 100.0 392
CCAP 1 41.1 16.1 42.8 100.0 60
Muslim 44.7 12.5 42.8 100.0 189
Seventh Day Adventist/
Baptist 38.4 11.4 50.2 100.0 1,238
Other Christian 33.3 7.9 58.8 100.0 269
No religion * * * 100.0 22
Ethnic group
Chewa 41.7 9.3 49.1 100.0 906
Lomwe 35.7 8.2 56.0 100.0 257
Mang’anja 43.4 12.9 43.6 100.0 556
Ngoni 35.1 5.4 59.5 100.0 49
Nkhonde 37.1 9.6 53.3 100.0 332
Nyanja 42.0 6.4 51.6 100.0 88
Sena (25.9) (3.7) (70.4) 100.0 35
Tonga 41.0 13.0 46.0 100.0 284
Tombuka 38.7 17.3 44.0 100.0 70
Yao (60.0) (8.6) (31.4) 100.0 21
Other 25.9 21.4 52.7 100.0 38
Residence
Urban 38.7 12.9 48.4 100.0 511
Rural 40.7 10.0 49.3 100.0 2,125
Region
Northern 34.9 7.8 57.3 100.0 347
Central 43.0 7.7 49.3 100.0 1,145
Southern 39.3 14.2 46.5 100.0 1,145
Marital status
Never married 44.1 14.8 41.1 100.0 375
Married or living together 37.6 9.0 53.3 100.0 1,820
Divorced/separated/
widowed 48.1 13.2 38.7 100.0 441
Number of living
children
0 43.6 12.2 44.1 100.0 454
1-2 40.7 10.7 48.6 100.0 899
3-4 38.2 10.8 50.9 100.0 779
5+ 39.9 8.2 51.9 100.0 505
Employment
Employed for cash 45.1 9.1 45.8 100.0 749
Employed not for cash 39.9 10.8 49.3 100.0 1,178
Not employed 36.0 11.5 52.5 100.0 709
Education
No education 35.0 13.2 51.7 100.0 276
Primary 40.4 8.8 50.8 100.0 1,714
Secondary 43.0 14.6 42.4 100.0 552
More than secondary 38.2 11.2 50.6 100.0 94
Wealth quintile
Lowest 38.2 8.6 53.1 100.0 523
Second 44.6 11.0 44.4 100.0 498
Middle 33.4 9.6 57.1 100.0 499
Fourth 45.5 10.1 44.4 100.0 493
Highest 40.1 12.9 47.0 100.0 623
Total 40.3 10.5 49.1 100.0 2,636
Note: Women can report more than one source from which they sought help. Figures in parentheses are based on 25-
49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been
suppressed.
1
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
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