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Table A-17.10 Spousal violence: Districts<br />

Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence<br />

committed by their current or most recent husband partner, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Emotional<br />

violence<br />

Physical<br />

violence<br />

Sexual<br />

violence<br />

Physical<br />

and<br />

sexual<br />

Physical<br />

and<br />

sexual<br />

and<br />

emotional<br />

Physical<br />

or sexual<br />

Physical<br />

or sexual<br />

or<br />

emotional<br />

Number of<br />

evermarried<br />

women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 29.4 32.6 23.0 13.8 10.4 41.9 47.2 49<br />

Karonga 30.7 38.4 15.2 10.2 7.0 43.4 50.4 96<br />

Likoma 11.0 24.7 3.5 2.5 1.3 25.6 29.5 3<br />

Mzimba 30.7 33.6 15.7 12.1 10.8 37.2 44.9 326<br />

Nkhata Bay 31.5 23.0 37.1 13.4 12.4 46.8 55.4 64<br />

Rumphi 26.0 31.7 17.1 10.0 8.1 38.8 42.3 59<br />

Total 30.1 32.9 18.6 11.8 10.0 39.7 46.8 597<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 24.3 20.4 22.3 11.6 7.2 31.1 40.8 209<br />

Dowa 30.7 23.3 27.3 15.2 13.5 35.4 41.9 215<br />

Kasungu 29.4 22.8 30.2 12.0 8.1 41.1 48.2 196<br />

Lilongwe 42.5 29.7 22.4 12.5 12.2 39.6 51.3 787<br />

Mchinji 42.0 30.9 34.8 <strong>16</strong>.7 11.3 49.0 61.8 <strong>16</strong>0<br />

Nkhotakota 17.2 13.8 7.6 4.3 3.7 17.1 24.6 100<br />

Ntcheu 26.2 15.8 19.2 7.3 6.0 27.7 36.7 188<br />

Ntchisi 28.3 24.4 24.8 11.0 7.6 38.2 46.1 90<br />

Salima 27.2 26.8 20.3 9.0 6.1 38.1 44.5 139<br />

Total 33.9 25.1 23.5 11.8 9.8 36.9 46.5 2,084<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 22.6 17.6 13.2 8.3 7.7 22.6 30.0 122<br />

Blantyre 25.5 25.9 12.4 10.5 6.2 27.8 37.0 386<br />

Chikhwawa 29.4 27.3 12.0 11.0 8.0 28.3 38.1 146<br />

Chiradzulu 23.0 23.2 14.5 11.2 10.2 26.4 32.4 103<br />

Machinga 23.6 <strong>16</strong>.7 15.8 8.3 6.2 24.1 31.4 187<br />

Mangochi 13.6 11.8 11.6 4.2 2.4 19.1 24.8 326<br />

Mulanje 32.6 39.8 17.8 12.1 8.9 45.6 50.9 221<br />

Mwanza 20.0 23.0 13.1 10.9 9.1 25.3 30.8 35<br />

Neno 22.4 21.1 <strong>16</strong>.7 8.6 4.7 29.3 35.9 47<br />

Nsanje 31.9 28.0 22.8 10.3 9.0 40.5 52.2 73<br />

Phalombe 25.8 26.8 15.4 8.9 5.3 33.3 42.2 144<br />

Thyolo 30.5 27.4 <strong>16</strong>.0 11.9 9.2 31.6 40.7 223<br />

Zomba 29.5 30.3 21.7 18.9 12.4 33.2 40.2 290<br />

Total 25.4 24.7 15.3 10.6 7.4 29.5 37.1 2,303<br />

Total 29.5 25.9 19.2 11.2 8.7 33.8 42.2 4,984<br />

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

husband/partner for divorced, separated or widowed women.<br />

436 • Appendix A

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