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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 12.5 Experience of sexual violencePercentage of women who have ever been forced by a man to have sexual intercourse, <strong>and</strong> percentage who were forced to haveintercourse in the past 12 months, by background characteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>Background characteristicEver-married women Never-married women TotalIn pastIn pastIn past12 Number12 Number of12Ever months of women Ever months women Ever monthsNumberof womenAge15-19 15.7 11.1 306 17.3 13.1 864 16.9 12.6 1,17120-29 15.0 7.4 1,643 19.3 6.0 340 15.7 7.1 1,98330-39 12.8 6.2 1,110 (29.3) (15.6) 30 13.2 6.4 1,14040-49 11.3 4.0 732 * * 3 11.3 4.0 735Marital statusIn union 13.1 6.5 3,057 na na na 13.1 6.5 3,057Separated/divorced 17.0 9.9 489 na na na 17.0 9.9 489Widowed 14.3 2.7 245 na na na 14.3 2.7 245Never married na na na 18.1 11.2 1,237 18.1 11.2 1,237ResidenceUrban 15.6 7.1 1,438 19.2 10.3 605 16.7 8.1 2,043Rural 12.5 6.4 2,354 17.0 12.0 632 13.5 7.6 2,986ProvinceCentral 6.9 1.8 275 12.9 5.7 92 8.4 2.8 367Copperbelt 12.3 4.8 727 21.1 13.3 282 14.7 7.2 1,010Eastern 13.1 6.8 506 7.9 2.9 108 12.2 6.1 614Luapula 7.3 2.2 326 15.0 4.7 84 8.8 2.7 410Lusaka 21.3 12.4 526 15.5 7.6 212 19.6 11.0 738Northern 13.6 6.4 535 21.9 19.0 149 15.4 9.2 684North-Western 13.2 5.5 170 22.1 14.6 62 15.6 7.9 232Southern 14.1 5.9 417 13.0 7.8 122 13.8 6.3 539Western 17.7 12.3 309 28.8 20.0 127 20.9 14.5 435EducationNo education 12.4 6.6 538 13.3 7.8 71 12.5 6.7 608Primary 12.9 6.3 2,324 18.3 13.7 605 14.0 7.8 2,929Secondary 14.8 7.2 819 18.7 9.7 501 16.3 8.1 1,320Higher 28.8 11.7 111 17.0 1.0 61 24.6 8.0 172Employment statusNot employed 14.6 8.0 1,437 16.3 10.2 796 15.2 8.7 2,233Employed for cash 14.1 6.2 1,367 21.2 9.8 237 15.1 6.7 1,604Employed, but not for cash 11.8 5.5 986 21.8 16.8 201 13.5 7.4 1,187Total 13.7 6.7 3,792 18.1 11.2 1,237 14.8 7.8 5,029na = Not applicableAmong ever-married women, experience of sexual violence by a man ever <strong>and</strong> in the last 12 monthsdecreases steadily with age. Separated or divorced women are more likely to report having been forced by aman to have sexual intercourse with him (17 percent ever <strong>and</strong> 10 percent in the last 12 months) than thosecurrently in union (13 percent ever <strong>and</strong> 7 percent in the last 12 months) or widowed (14 percent ever <strong>and</strong> 3percent in the last 12 months) (Figure 12.1).Violence against Women | 191

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