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Table 1 Prevalence of different forms of intimate partner violence across Sub-Saharan countries

From: Economic empowerment and intimate partner violence: a secondary data analysis of the cross-sectional Demographic Health Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

Sexual and/or physical

Sexual

Physical

Physical and or sexual in the last 12 months

Sexual—last 12 months

Physical last 12 months

Burkina Faso 2010

12%

1%

11%

10%

1%

10%

Chad 2014/15

30%

10%

27%

19%

7%

17%

Cote D'Ivoire 2011/12

25%

6%

24%

23%

5%

22%

Ghana 2008

21%

6%

19%

19%

5%

17%

Kenya 2003

41%

14%

37%

29%

12%

25%

Kenya 2008/09

34%

13%

32%

30%

12%

28%

Kenya 2014

37%

11%

35%

27%

9%

24%

Liberia 2007

38%

9%

35%

36%

9%

33%

Mali 2006

21%

4%

20%

18%

3%

17%

Mali 2012/13

35%

13%

31%

28%

12%

22%

Malawi 2004/05

26%

13%

19%

20%

11%

13%

Malawi 2010

27%

15%

20%

22%

14%

14%

Malawi 2015/16

32%

17%

23%

24%

16%

15%

Nigeria 2008

17%

4%

16%

14%

3%

13%

Nigeria 2013

15%

4%

13%

10%

3%

9%

Rwanda 2005

36%

12%

33%

25%

10%

21%

Rwanda 2010

54%

14%

54%

49%

13%

49%

Rwanda 2014/15

32%

9%

29%

22%

8%

19%

Sao Paolo and Principe 2008/09

29%

9%

29%

29%

8%

28%

Tanzania 2009/10

35%

13%

32%

33%

12%

29%

Tanzania 2015/16

40%

12%

37%

33%

11%

29%

Togo 2013/14

24%

7%

22%

14%

5%

12%

Zambia 2007

48%

16%

45%

43%

15%

39%

Zambia 2013/14

41%

15%

37%

28%

13%

22%

Zimbabwe 2005/06

37%

14%

31%

33%

13%

28%

Zimbabwe 2010

35%

16%

29%

30%

15%

22%

Zimbabwe 2015

33%

9%

30%

20%

7%

16%

Total

30%

10%

27%

23%

9%

20%

N

20,376

6870

18,247

16,138

6113

13,718