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 |