C W Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

266 • Women’s Empowerment Table 15.7.1 Attitude toward wife beating: Women Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who agree that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife for specific reasons, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she: Percentage who agree with at least one specified reason Number of women Background characteristic Burns the food Argues with him Goes out without telling him Neglects the children Refuses to have sexual intercourse with him Age 15-19 16.8 57.5 64.4 43.6 33.1 78.3 1,825 20-24 17.5 57.5 68.6 47.4 31.8 80.7 6,089 25-29 18.4 59.9 68.5 50.5 34.8 81.1 6,299 30-34 17.8 60.1 68.5 49.9 33.5 82.0 4,302 35-39 17.6 60.8 66.8 49.1 33.4 81.6 4,463 40-44 19.5 57.4 63.3 47.4 32.4 77.2 3,113 45-49 19.7 60.6 63.4 47.4 34.6 77.4 3,369 Employment last 12 months 1 Not employed 18.0 59.8 67.0 48.6 33.7 80.1 25,501 Employed for cash 20.8 57.8 66.7 48.1 32.5 80.2 2,618 Employed not for cash 17.0 53.5 68.0 49.3 31.4 86.9 1,244 Number of living children 17.0 57.1 65.0 42.4 31.0 77.7 2,948 1-2 18.1 58.6 67.1 49.1 33.0 79.7 7,353 3-4 17.4 58.3 67.9 49.6 32.1 80.7 7,698 5+ 19.0 60.9 66.6 48.8 35.1 80.9 11,463 Marital status Married 18.3 59.5 67.1 48.6 33.5 80.6 28,671 Divorcedseparated widowed 13.8 51.5 58.5 43.1 29.1 67.6 790 Residence Urban 18.3 54.7 58.9 46.7 27.4 74.0 6,870 Rural 18.1 60.6 69.3 48.9 35.2 82.1 22,591 Province 2 Kabul 19.5 52.5 56.1 45.7 28.9 74.9 3,658 Kapisa 4.2 85.4 21.4 27.5 24.1 94.6 205 Parwan 14.0 58.2 68.2 61.0 35.0 76.2 625 Wardak 28.9 72.3 86.4 66.1 39.5 93.8 382 Logar 12.9 47.4 81.2 45.2 33.8 87.4 472 Nangarhar 22.5 73.7 90.1 76.6 53.6 95.5 794 Laghman 30.2 55.3 60.6 40.8 64.0 85.7 583 Panjsher 16.3 42.9 51.8 42.5 7.6 55.6 54 Baghlan 21.5 64.5 74.9 73.2 41.0 91.5 839 Bamyan 33.4 60.3 54.5 62.4 42.6 70.6 303 Ghazni 9.8 55.1 75.3 60.8 28.8 84.1 1,328 Paktika 9.4 46.4 69.1 44.6 23.2 82.9 792 Paktya 34.3 57.2 85.4 32.4 55.8 93.6 542 Khost 5.3 24.3 50.8 26.5 17.9 52.2 851 Kunarha 12.9 57.5 90.1 77.6 43.3 93.9 559 Nooristan 5.8 58.1 68.4 14.4 23.6 85.4 222 Badakhshan 27.5 72.1 74.7 72.5 53.2 77.5 1,004 Takhar 29.6 72.9 56.3 46.6 32.9 83.2 1,105 Kunduz 8.4 23.0 21.0 17.7 6.4 33.1 1,232 Samangan 19.9 59.3 77.8 50.8 36.5 79.7 330 Balkh 21.5 64.0 78.9 61.1 36.6 84.6 1,781 Sar-E-Pul 13.6 52.7 56.1 50.1 34.9 77.0 654 Ghor 30.3 80.5 53.8 36.3 79.1 92.6 715 Daykundi 59.3 71.8 76.3 73.0 67.9 81.9 329 Urozgan 35.8 39.7 42.2 39.4 35.7 44.2 230 Kandahar 30.2 53.1 80.7 51.1 29.2 85.4 2,227 Jawzjan 30.7 86.1 71.7 43.3 53.1 91.6 614 Faryab 7.5 63.6 62.5 35.8 16.4 82.7 2,114 Helmand 13.6 51.0 56.7 23.4 9.9 65.1 875 Badghis 7.2 65.2 68.5 34.2 18.4 80.1 650 Herat 4.5 75.8 78.1 54.4 30.4 90.6 2,316 Farah 18.9 57.7 67.8 36.7 60.1 84.3 777 Nimroz 10.8 82.6 85.6 75.2 20.1 93.2 278 Education No education 19.1 60.2 68.4 48.9 34.2 81.0 24,604 Primary 13.8 56.9 64.1 50.6 35.9 79.8 2,330 Secondary 13.7 55.4 58.2 44.4 26.6 76.0 1,971 More than secondary 10.1 37.7 41.1 33.4 10.8 61.1 556 Continued… Women’s Empowerment •