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Table A-17.15 Violence by women against their husband:<br />

Districts<br />

Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who have<br />

committed physical violence against their current or most recent<br />

husband/partner when he was not already beating or physically<br />

hurting her, ever and in the past 12 months, according to district,<br />

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

District Ever 1<br />

Percentage who have<br />

committed physical<br />

violence against their<br />

husband/partner<br />

In the past<br />

12 months<br />

Number of<br />

evermarried<br />

women<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 3.2 0.7 49<br />

Karonga 1.9 0.5 96<br />

Likoma 1.5 1.5 3<br />

Mzimba 3.5 1.4 326<br />

Nkhata Bay 1.0 1.0 64<br />

Rumphi 2.1 1.6 59<br />

Total 2.8 1.2 597<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 2.2 0.9 209<br />

Dowa 7.9 5.4 215<br />

Kasungu 3.9 1.8 196<br />

Lilongwe 5.0 2.4 787<br />

Mchinji 5.1 1.9 <strong>16</strong>0<br />

Nkhotakota 0.5 0.0 100<br />

Ntcheu 3.2 2.3 188<br />

Ntchisi 6.6 5.3 90<br />

Salima 4.1 2.8 139<br />

Total 4.5 2.5 2,084<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 2.6 0.5 122<br />

Blantyre 4.2 3.3 386<br />

Chikhwawa 2.2 2.2 146<br />

Chiradzulu 5.0 4.5 103<br />

Machinga 4.1 3.0 187<br />

Mangochi 2.2 1.9 326<br />

Mulanje 3.2 0.8 221<br />

Mwanza 2.3 1.8 35<br />

Neno 2.9 2.4 47<br />

Nsanje 0.7 0.0 73<br />

Phalombe 4.0 3.5 144<br />

Thyolo 4.4 1.8 223<br />

Zomba 3.5 2.1 290<br />

Total 3.4 2.3 2,303<br />

Total 3.8 2.2 4,984<br />

Note: Husband/partner refers to the current husband/partner for<br />

currently married women and the most recent husband/partner<br />

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

1<br />

Includes in the past 12 months<br />

438 • Appendix A

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