Table 1 Prevalence and associated 95% confidence interval (CI) of any intimate partner violence by women educational attainment or rural–urban residence as well as the number of women interviewed for intimate partner violence and DHS survey
Country and year | None to primary education | Secondary or higher education | Urban residence | Rural residence | National | IPV sample | DHS sample (15–49 years) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IPV | 95% CI | IPV | 95% CI | IPV | 95% CI | IPV | 95% CI | IPV | 95% CI | |||
Angola 2015 | 40.0 | 38.2–41.7 | 40.5 | 38.1–43.0 | 42.1 | 40.2–43.9 | 37.6 | 35.2–40.0 | 40.1 | 38.6–41.6 | 7669 | 14,379 |
Burkina Faso 2010 | 15.5 | 14.6–16.4 | 18.6 | 15.9–21.7 | 18.2 | 16.6–19.9 | 14.8 | 13.7–15.9 | 15.7 | 14.8–16.6 | 10,001 | 17,087 |
Burundi 2016 | 52.5 | 51.0–54.0 | 31.1 | 28.1–34.3 | 40.7 | 37.7–43.6 | 51.8 | 50.2–53.4 | 50.0 | 48.6–51.3 | 7366 | 17,269 |
Cameroon 2004 | 48.8 | 44.5–53.1 | 55.5 | 51.3–59.7 | 52.2 | 48.5–55.9 | 50.0 | 44.1–55.9 | 51.0 | 47.1–54.8 | 2572 | 10,656 |
Cameroon 2011 | 55.3 | 53.1–57.5 | 61.1 | 58.4–63.7 | 57.5 | 55.1–59.9 | 57.3 | 54.9–59.8 | 57.4 | 55.7–59.1 | 4001 | 15,426 |
Chad 2014 | 29.5 | 27.7–31.3 | 33.9 | 29.2–39.0 | 31.4 | 27.7–35.3 | 29.4 | 27.5–31.4 | 29.9 | 28.2–31.6 | 3807 | 17,719 |
Comoros 2012 | 11.6 | 9.9–13.5 | 9.3 | 7.6–11.3 | 12.2 | 10.0–14.7 | 9.8 | 8.1–11.8 | 10.8 | 9.4–12.3 | 2527 | 5329 |
Congo D R 2007 | 67.1 | 64.6–69.6 | 68.2 | 65.0–71.2 | 69.2 | 66.4–71.8 | 66.4 | 63.5–69.2 | 67.5 | 65.4–69.5 | 2850 | 9995 |
Congo D R 2013 | 56.7 | 54.5–58.9 | 55.5 | 52.9–58.1 | 58.6 | 55.7–61.4 | 55.4 | 53.1–57.7 | 56.3 | 54.5–58.1 | 5684 | 18,827 |
Cote dvoire 2011 | 31.2 | 29.7–32.8 | 30.5 | 26.7–34.6 | 32.9 | 30.7–35.2 | 30.1 | 28.3–32.1 | 31.2 | 29.7–32.7 | 5006 | 10,060 |
Ethiopia 2016 | 30.9 | 29.1–32.7 | 25.7 | 22.4–29.4 | 27.7 | 24.9–30.6 | 31.0 | 29.1–33.0 | 30.1 | 28.6–31.8 | 4720 | 15,683 |
Gabon 2012 | 57.3 | 54.9–59.7 | 55.7 | 53.3–58.0 | 54.6 | 52.2–57.0 | 59.4 | 56.8–62.0 | 56.4 | 54.6–58.2 | 4130 | 8422 |
Gambia 2013 | 29.4 | 27.3–31.5 | 28.0 | 24.9–31.4 | 28.1 | 25.5–30.9 | 29.7 | 27.3–32.3 | 29.1 | 27.3–30.9 | 3535 | 10,233 |
Ghana 2008 | 39.0 | 36.0–42.2 | 38.6 | 35.2–42.1 | 41.2 | 37.5–45.0 | 37.3 | 34.4–40.3 | 38.8 | 36.5–41.2 | 1831 | 4916 |
Kenya 2003 | 47.4 | 45.2–49.5 | 41.8 | 38.7–44.9 | 41.8 | 38.7–45.0 | 47.7 | 45.4–49.9 | 45.9 | 44.1–47.8 | 4310 | 8195 |
Kenya 2008 | 48.4 | 46.3–50.6 | 34.3 | 31.5–37.1 | 37.9 | 34.9–41.0 | 47.3 | 45.0–49.6 | 44.6 | 42.8–46.5 | 4902 | 8444 |
Kenya 2014 | 46.9 | 45.1–48.6 | 39.6 | 36.9–42.4 | 42.7 | 40.2–45.2 | 46.0 | 44.2–47.9 | 44.8 | 43.3–46.3 | 4512 | 31,079 |
Liberia 2007 | 48.7 | 46.1–51.2 | 50.8 | 45.9–55.6 | 53.9 | 50.0–57.7 | 46.4 | 43.4–49.5 | 49.1 | 46.7–51.5 | 3909 | 7092 |
Malawi 2004 | 30.6 | 29.3–31.9 | 27.0 | 24.1–30.2 | 29.3 | 26.2–32.5 | 30.4 | 29.1–31.8 | 30.3 | 29.1–31.5 | 8291 | 11,698 |
Malawi 2010 | 38.2 | 36.6–39.8 | 36.3 | 32.9–39.7 | 39.5 | 35.4–43.8 | 37.7 | 36.1–39.3 | 37.9 | 36.4–39.4 | 5369 | 23,020 |
Malawi 2015 | 43.4 | 41.7–45.1 | 34.5 | 31.9–37.3 | 40.8 | 37.6–44.1 | 41.6 | 39.9–43.3 | 41.5 | 40.0–42.9 | 5406 | 24,562 |
Mali 2012 | 45.1 | 42.6–47.7 | 42.6 | 36.8–48.6 | 44.1 | 39.7–48.5 | 45.1 | 42.2–48.1 | 44.8 | 42.4–47.3 | 3120 | 10,424 |
Mozambique 2011 | 45.9 | 44.3–47.5 | 48.2 | 44.7–51.7 | 51.4 | 49.1–53.7 | 43.6 | 41.6–45.5 | 46.2 | 44.7–47.7 | 5824 | 13,745 |
Mozambique 2015 | 23.0 | 21.2–24.9 | 32.0 | 28.2–36.2 | 31.7 | 28.7–34.9 | 20.4 | 18.4–22.4 | 24.7 | 23.0–26.4 | 2874 | 6946 |
Namibia 2013 | 39.7 | 35.0–44.6 | 31.8 | 28.7–34.9 | 34.1 | 30.3–38.1 | 34.6 | 31.0–38.5 | 34.3 | 31.7–37.1 | 1447 | 9176 |
Nigeria 2008 | 29.6 | 26.0–33.5 | 29.7 | 26.3–33.5 | 26.8 | 23.2–30.6 | 30.9 | 26.9–35.2 | 29.7 | 26.6–33.0 | 19,204 | 33,385 |
Nigeria 2013 | 23.8 | 22.4–25.2 | 29.5 | 28.0–31.1 | 27.3 | 25.5–29.2 | 25.1 | 23.6–26.7 | 25.9 | 24.7–27.1 | 22,253 | 38,948 |
Rwanda 2005 | 39.7 | 37.6–41.7 | 27.8 | 22.2–34.3 | 37.7 | 33.2–42.3 | 38.9 | 36.7–41.0 | 38.7 | 36.7–40.6 | 2537 | 11,321 |
Rwanda 2014 | 42.2 | 39.7–44.7 | 25.1 | 20.1–30.9 | 34.0 | 29.5–38.9 | 41.8 | 39.2–44.5 | 40.2 | 37.9–42.6 | 1905 | 13,497 |
Sao Tome 2008 | 37.0 | 33.7–40.5 | 31.8 | 27.4–36.6 | 36.9 | 31.7–42.5 | 35.1 | 31.6–38.8 | 35.9 | 32.9–39.0 | 1728 | 2615 |
Senegal 2017 | 28.2 | 26.2–30.2 | 20.2 | 16.4–24.5 | 26.3 | 23.7–29.0 | 27.5 | 25.2–29.8 | 27.0 | 25.3–28.8 | 2660 | 16,787 |
Sierra leone 2013 | 48.1 | 46.1–50.2 | 52.1 | 48.1–56.1 | 49.6 | 46.4–52.8 | 48.3 | 46.0–50.6 | 48.7 | 46.9–50.6 | 4307 | 16,658 |
South Africa 2016 | 30.1 | 26.3–34.1 | 22.8 | 21.3–24.3 | 23.1 | 21.2–25.1 | 24.6 | 22.5–26.8 | 23.7 | 22.3–25.2 | 4003 | 8514 |
Tanzania 2010 | 45.6 | 43.8–47.4 | 21.5 | 18.5–24.8 | 39.6 | 36.4-43.0 | 43.5 | 41.6-45.6 | 42.7 | 41.0-44.4 | 5687 | 10139 |
Tanzania 2015 | 48.5 | 47.0–50.1 | 31.2 | 28.6–34.0 | 45.2 | 42.7–47.8 | 45.6 | 44.0–47.3 | 45.5 | 44.1–46.9 | 7597 | 13266 |
Togo 2013 | 39.5 | 37.5–41.4 | 30.8 | 28.1–33.7 | 31.5 | 28.9–34.1 | 40.7 | 38.5–43.0 | 37.5 | 35.8–39.3 | 5374 | 9480 |
Uganda 2006 | 68.4 | 64.3–72.2 | 54.1 | 47.3–60.7 | 56.6 | 49.4–63.6 | 67.8 | 63.9–71.6 | 66.2 | 62.9–69.4 | 1748 | 8531 |
Uganda 2011 | 61.1 | 58.3–63.8 | 46.7 | 41.8–51.6 | 52.4 | 47.7–57.0 | 59.5 | 56.6–62.4 | 57.8 | 55.2–60.2 | 1702 | 8674 |
Uganda 2016 | 60.7 | 59.3–62.1 | 45.3 | 43.0–47.6 | 47.3 | 44.3–50.3 | 59.4 | 58.0–60.8 | 56.9 | 55.6–58.2 | 7536 | 18506 |
Zambia 2007 | 52.9 | 49.1–56.6 | 53.9 | 49.3–58.4 | 58.1 | 53.8–62.2 | 50.4 | 46.8–53.9 | 53.1 | 49.8–56.4 | 4229 | 7146 |
Zambia 2013 | 49.4 | 47.9–50.8 | 44.7 | 42.8–46.6 | 48.7 | 46.9–50.5 | 47.3 | 45.6–48.9 | 47.8 | 46.6–49.1 | 9403 | 16411 |
Zimbabwe 2005 | 47.9 | 45.5–50.3 | 45.3 | 43.1–47.6 | 39.5 | 36.6–42.6 | 49.5 | 47.4–51.5 | 46.5 | 44.8–48.2 | 4962 | 8907 |
Zimbabwe 2010 | 46.1 | 43.6–48.6 | 39.9 | 38.1–41.7 | 39.3 | 36.7–42.0 | 43.5 | 41.7–45.4 | 42.2 | 40.7–43.7 | 5280 | 9171 |
Zimbabwe 2015 | 46.7 | 44.2–49.2 | 43.3 | 41.6–45.0 | 44.3 | 42.1–46.5 | 44.3 | 42.4–46.2 | 44.3 | 42.9–45.8 | 5800 | 9955 |