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Table 2 Percent distribution of ever-married women by experience of spousal violence according to household poverty-wealth status

From: Spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa: does household poverty-wealth matter?

 

Cameroun household poverty-wealth status

 

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

Sig

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

43.1

46.7

45.4

44.8

1653

ns

any sexual violence

14.6

19.3

15.8

16.0

592

ns

any emotional violence

41.2

44.7

41.2

41.9

1546

ns

physical and sexual

11.3

15.0

13.0

12.8

471

ns

physical, sexual or emotional

55.4

61.3

57.9

57.6

2128

ns

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

42.7

45.7

45.1

44.3

1636

ns

severe violence

10.5

14.1

13.3

12.4

458

ns

 

Kenya household poverty-wealth status

 

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

Sig

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

42.4

38.6

31.8

37.0

1603

<0.01

any sexual violence

15.6

15.9

12.8

14.4

626

ns

any emotional violence

30.7

29.5

28.5

29.5

1279

ns

physical and sexual

13.4

14.5

10.1

12.2

528

ns

physical, sexual or emotional

49.9

45.7

41.3

45.3

1964

<0.01

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

41.4

38.1

31.5

36.4

1578

<0.01

severe violence

19.7

14.9

15.6

16.9

735

ns

 

Mozambique household poverty-wealth status

 
 

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

 

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

29.3

30.3

34.4

31.5

1765

<0.05

any sexual violence

7.0

7.2

9.2

7.8

442

ns

any emotional violence

30.5

33.5

37.5

33.8

1896

<0.01

physical or sexual

5.8

5.5

7.1

6.2

350

ns

physical, sexual or emotional

41.3

44.9

50.1

45.5

2550

p < 0.01

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

28.6

28.7

33.4

30.5

1710

p < 0.05

severe violence

9.0

11.5

13.1

11.1

623

p < 0.05

 

Zambia household poverty-wealth status

 

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

Sig

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

42.7

45.2

50.7

46.5

1817

P < 0.01

any sexual violence

13.6

16.2

19.8

16.7

1671

P < 0.01

any emotional violence

21.4

22.8

30.8

25.6

1001

 

physical and sexual

10.9

13.6

16.5

13.7

1373

p < 0.01

physical, sexual or emotional

49.01

52.3

59.2

53.9

2106

p < 0.01

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

42.4

44.6

50

46

1798

p < 0.01

severe violence

12.6

13.7

16.4

14.4

563

p < 0.05

 

Zimbabwe household poverty-wealth status

  

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

32.5

30.2

24.9

28.8

1445

p < 0.01

any sexual violence

16.1

16

14.8

15.5

779

ns

any emotional violence

28.4

27.1

24.4

26.5

1327

P < 0.05

physical or sexual

9.6

10

8.5

9.2

461

ns

physical, sexual or emotional

47.3

45.6

38.9

43.4

2177

p < 0.01

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

31.5

29.4

23.7

27.8

1394

p < 0.01

severe violence

10.2

10.5

8.9

9.7

486

ns

 

Nigeria household poverty-wealth status

 

Poor

Middle

Rich

All

N

 

Forms of violence

      

any physical violence

13.8

21.6

19.8

17.5

2929

p < 0.01

any sexual violence

3.2

5.6

3.8

3.9

652

p < 0.01

any emotional violence

24.4

27.4

20.8

23.6

 

p < 0.01

physical or sexual

2.4

4.8

3.0

3.1

510

p < 0.01

physical, sexual or emotional

29.5

35.2

29.4

30.5

5117

p < 0.01

Severity of physical violence

      

less severe violence

13.5

21.0

19.2

17.0

2851

p < 0.01

severe violence

4.8

8.7

7.7

6.6

1105

p < 0.01

  1. ns not significant.