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Table 4 FEMALE Experience of physical violence in the last year (beat, kicked or slapped), discussion about gender violence and participation in community action about violence against women

From: Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

  

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL

% (number) who had, in the last year, had violent arguments where a partner beat, kicked or slapped the respondent, of those who answered

Crude

257/1371

207/1309

176/1586

148/1374

233/1382

221/1034

538/1509

252/1498

2032/11063

 

Weighted

19%

16%

11%

11%

17%

21%

36%

17%

19%

 

Missing

124

179

97

97

83

88

96

45

809

% who said they had not spoken with anyone about gender violence in the last year

Crude

1011/1424

741/1433

1203/1671

1009/1458

795/1452

648/1076

948/1586

722/1523

7077/11623

 

Weighted

71%

52%

72%

70%

55%

60%

60%

48%

61%

 

Missing

71

55

12

13

13

46

19

20

249

% who had participated in community activities in the last year

Crude

99/1401

53/1388

29/1659

76/1451

67/1425

29/1051

41/1576

142/1507

536/11458

 

Weighted

7%

4%

2%

5%

5%

3%

3%

9%

5%

 

Missing

94

100

24

20

40

71

29

36

414

% (number) who consider violence against women a serious problem in their community

Crude

1110/1364

856/1393

1164/1659

872/1421

1034/1420

699/1027

934/1523

777/1451

7446/11257

 

Weighted

81%

62%

70%

59%

73%

68%

61%

53%

66%

 

Missing

131

95

24

51

45

95

82

92

615

% (number) who said their community CAN do anything about violence against women

Crude

1002/1339

479/767

663/1150

508/903

626/1108

434/732

545/1255

582/1014

4529/7828

 

Weighted

75%

63%

45%

50%

58%

55%

45%

52%

55%

 

Missing

156

172

34

123

59

182

136

325

1187