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Table 1 Experience of IPV among women in Sub-Saharan Africa

From: Women decision-making capacity and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

N*

Experienced any sexual violence

Experienced any emotional violence

Experienced any physical violence

Experienced any sexual or emotional or physical violence

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Congo DR, 2013–2014

4758

1163

24.4

1661

34.9

2127

44.7

2676

56.2

Cote d’voire, 2011–2014

4356

230

5.3

818

18.8

1087

24.9

1357

31.2

Cameroon, 2011

3442

496

14.4

1382

40.1

1491

43.3

1950

56.6

Gabon, 2012

2791

396

14.2

901

32.3

1264

45.3

1512

54.2

Gambia, 2013

3161

70

2.2

446

14.1

584

18.5

773

24.4

Kenya, 2014

3613

421

11.7

1033

28.6

1221

33.8

1569

43.4

Comoros, 2012

1979

31

1.6

138

7.0

98

4.9

186

9.4

Mali, 2012–2013

2647

356

13.4

827

31.2

779

29.4

1155

43.6

Malawi, 2010

4517

801

17.7

1181

26.1

1058

23.4

1765

39.1

Mozambique, 2011

4843

351

7.2

1591

32.8

1454

30.0

2165

44.7

Nigeria, 2013

21,413

940

4.4

3884

18.1

2860

13.4

5017

23.4

Namibia, 2015

889

56

6.4

198

22.3

190

21.3

273

30.7

Rwanda, 2014–2015

1540

152

9.8

347

22.6

434

28.2

577

37.4

Sierra Leone, 2013

4023

283

7.1

1144

28.4

1751

43.5

2011

50.0

Chad, 2014–2015

3204

298

9.3

671

21.0

773

24.1

1029

32.1

Togo, 2013–2014

4778

318

6.7

1371

28.8

896

18.8

1642

34.4

Zambia, 2013–2014

7576

1194

15.8

1648

21.8

2786

36.8

3426

45.2

Zimbabwe, 2015

4952

570

11.5

1485

30.0

1445

29.2

2172

43.9

All countries

84,486

8128

9.6

20,729

24.5

22,297

26.4

31,254

37.0

  1. *weighted N