Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Results show that almost eight out of ten women currently in union who experienced physicalviolence report their current husband/partner as a perpetrator. Similarly, separated or divorced women andthose widowed report their former husband/partner as the main perpetrator of the violence (82 percent and 73percent, respectively). Parents are also reported as perpetrators of physical violence by ever-married women,although significantly less often than husband(s)/partner(s).Among never-married women, the mother or father is the most commonly reported perpetrators ofviolence (35 percent), followed by teachers (22 percent) and siblings (16 percent). Furthermore, more thanone in ten never-married women (13 percent) report having been beaten or physically mistreated by a malefriend. This is much higher than the proportion of women reporting physical violence by current or formerboyfriend.12.5 FREQUENCY OF BEATINGSTable 12.4 presents information on the frequency of beatings in the 12 months preceding the surveyamong women who report ever experiencing physical violence since age 15 by background characteristics.Table 12.4 Frequency of beatingsPercent distribution of women who have ever been beaten, by frequency of beatingsin the past year, according to background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002Frequency of beatings (in the past year)6 or more NumberBackground characteristic 0 times 1-2 times 3-5 times times of womenAge15-19 37.8 38.3 13.0 10.2 52420-29 43.7 36.9 13.0 4.2 1,12730-39 45.5 34.5 13.2 6.4 62240-49 44.2 33.3 14.9 5.8 404Marital statusNever married 41.2 36.8 10.5 8.1 507Married 42.8 36.2 14.8 5.2 1,706Separated/divorced 43.6 37.4 10.3 7.8 326Widowed 52.0 28.6 13.3 5.6 138ResidenceUrban 50.5 35.5 7.3 4.9 1,202Rural 37.0 36.5 18.2 7.1 1,475ProvinceCentral 45.2 47.2 7.5 0.0 175Copperbelt 42.3 28.1 19.2 7.4 612Eastern 48.5 38.1 9.9 3.6 303Luapula 41.9 35.2 21.6 1.0 204Lusaka 53.5 36.7 7.2 2.3 448Northern 40.8 36.4 20.0 0.0 351North-Western 59.6 26.3 5.1 7.1 93Southern 31.7 53.7 2.4 10.1 300Western 25.6 24.0 19.8 30.6 192EducationNo education 39.7 39.5 13.2 6.7 302Primary 39.8 36.5 16.1 6.4 1,573Secondary 50.7 33.9 8.5 5.8 702Higher 50.4 33.4 4.4 0.9 99Employment statusNot employed 43.8 38.4 11.2 4.6 1,174Employed for cash 47.7 35.4 10.7 5.4 894Employed, but not for cash 34.8 32.6 21.1 10.1 608Total 43.1 36.1 13.3 6.1 2,677Violence against Women | 189