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



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

Andersson et al. BMC Women's Health 2007 7:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-7-11