Table 1 Individual and community-level characteristics of IPV in East African countries according to recent demographic and health surveys from 2012 to 2018
Variables | Weighted frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Women age 36 ± 11 | ||
15–19 | 3349 | 6.03 |
20–24 | 9750 | 17.57 |
25–29 | 11,268 | 20.30 |
30–34 | 10,493 | 18.91 |
35–39 | 8846 | 15.94 |
40–44 | 6721 | 12.11 |
45–49 | 5074 | 9.14 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 15,244 | 27.47 |
Rural | 40,257 | 72.53 |
Women educational level | ||
No education | 13,233 | 23.84 |
Primary | 27,615 | 49.76 |
Secondary | 12,381 | 22.31 |
Higher | 2272 | 4.09 |
Sex of household head | ||
Male | 39,996 | 72.06 |
Female | 15,505 | 27.94 |
Country | ||
Burundi | 6558 | 11.82 |
Ethiopia | 4469 | 8.05 |
Kenya | 4023 | 7.25 |
Comoros | 2093 | 3.77 |
Malawi | 4984 | 8.98 |
Mozambique | 5610 | 10.11 |
Rwanda | 1691 | 3.05 |
Tanzania | 7102 | 12.80 |
Uganda | 6879 | 12.39 |
Zambia | 6598 | 11.89 |
Zimbabwe | 5494 | 9.90 |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 11,091 | 19.98 |
Poorer | 10,949 | 19.73 |
Middle | 10,797 | 19.45 |
Richer | 11,192 | 20.17 |
Richest | 11,472 | 20.67 |
Partner education (48,515) | ||
No education | 8512 | 17.54 |
Primary | 22,493 | 46.36 |
Secondary | 12,995 | 26.79 |
Higher | 3466 | 7.14 |
Don’t know | 1049 | 2.16 |
Women currently working | ||
No | 19,639 | 35.39 |
Yes | 35,862 | 64.61 |
Media exposure | ||
No | 18,194 | 32.78 |
Yes | 37,307 | 67.22 |