Prevalence of Physical Violence
288
• Domestic Violence
Table 16.6 Spousal violence by background characteristics Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who have ever experienced emotional, physical, or sexual violence committed by their
husband, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background
characteristic Emotional
violence Physical
violence Sexual
violence Physical and
sexual Physical and
sexual and emotional
Physical or sexual
Physical or sexual or
emotional Number of
ever-married women
Age
15-19 23.0
30.6 6.3
6.1 4.4
30.8 36.7
1,280 20-24
32.1 43.7
6.7 6.6
4.7 43.8
49.9 4,434
25-29 39.9
51.8 8.9
8.6 6.9
52.0 58.2
4,525 30-39
38.6 53.6
7.4 7.0
5.7 53.9
57.2 6,388
40-49 42.0
56.8 7.0
6.5 5.2
57.2 60.8
4,696
Marital status
Married 37.2
50.4 7.5
7.2 5.6
50.7 55.4
20,793 Divorcedseparated
widowed 43.3
53.9 4.5
4.5 3.4
53.9 56.9
531
Number of living children
21.8 27.7
5.3 4.9
3.2 28.1
33.3 2,132
1-2 35.7
48.6 7.8
7.7 5.8
48.6 54.9
5,248 3-4
40.5 53.1
7.7 7.4
6.4 53.4
58.0 5,583
5+ 40.2
55.7 7.5
7.1 5.5
56.1 59.7
8,361
Employment
1
Employed for cash 32.3
51.7 8.5
8.1 7.2
52.2 56.0
1,852 Employed not for
cash 61.4
61.0 16.3
16.1 15.2
61.2 73.3
951 Not employed
36.6 49.8
6.8 6.6
4.9 50.1
54.5 18,504
Residence
Urban 35.8
40.1 6.6
5.9 3.9
40.7 49.3
4,735 Rural
37.8 53.4
7.6 7.5
6.0 53.6
57.2 16,589
Province
2
Kabul 34.0
37.9 10.7
9.5 6.5
39.2 49.3
2,410 Kapisa
6.0 25.0
4.4 4.3
1.2 25.1
25.7 152
Parwan 50.7
53.6 4.8
4.4 4.2
53.9 58.4
467 Wardak
75.6 85.5
53.3 52.2
47.3 86.6
87.8 277
Logar 44.2
80.5 3.2
2.7 1.1
80.9 82.5
354 Nangarhar
54.5 56.0
4.5 4.5
4.4 56.0
64.6 569
Laghman 27.8
59.6 2.1
1.8 1.3
59.8 62.4
437 Panjsher
12.7 24.3
0.0 0.0
0.0 24.3
25.4 40
Baghlan 45.3
72.1 17.0
16.7 9.1
72.4 73.1
608 Bamyan
9.7 16.9
5.3 5.2
3.0 16.9
19.0 210
Ghazni 53.9
74.0 18.2
18.1 16.9
74.1 76.8
916 Paktika
23.9 42.1
6.2 6.2
3.5 42.1
46.5 564
Paktya 64.2
79.9 2.1
2.1 1.8
79.9 84.1
399 Khost
9.1 21.4
0.9 0.9
0.6 21.4
21.6 634
Kunarha 26.0
45.6 3.1
3.1 3.0
45.6 46.1
403 Nooristan
24.6 50.0
14.1 11.3
7.7 52.8
53.8 166
Badakhshan 5.9
5.7 1.9
1.9 1.6
5.7 6.9
748 Takhar
52.0 41.1
0.8 0.8
0.7 41.1
61.1 805
Kunduz 21.2
39.6 12.6
12.5 11.3
39.7 40.7
900 Samangan
1.0 20.6
0.2 0.2
0.0 20.6
20.8 244
Balkh 14.1
24.6 1.1
1.1 1.1
24.6 26.7
1,320 Sar-E-Pul
18.8 58.2
11.4 11.4
9.4 58.2
58.4 483
Ghor 82.3
91.6 50.1
50.0 48.9
91.6 91.8
528 Daykundi
5.8 13.4
1.2 1.2
1.2 13.4
14.3 240
Urozgan 34.8
40.3 0.7
0.7 0.7
40.3 50.1
168 Kandahar
59.8 70.5
2.5 2.4
2.3 70.7
84.7 1,630
Jawzjan 9.6
29.9 8.7
8.7 5.2
29.9 30.3
444 Faryab
30.3 57.0
0.7 0.7
0.4 57.0
62.4 1,577
Helmand 3.7
5.6 0.0
0.0 0.0
5.6 6.4
625 Badghis
16.8 47.8
11.3 11.3
5.3 47.8
48.8 470
Herat 84.9
91.0 0.2
0.1 0.0
91.1 92.2
1,748 Farah
26.6 52.0
19.0 17.0
6.2 54.0
55.7 577
Nimroz 15.6
18.4 0.8
0.2 0.2
19.0 21.8
197
Education
No education 39.0
53.3 8.0
7.7 6.0
53.6 57.7
17,817 Primary
28.7 41.8
4.9 4.7
3.4 42.0
48.2 1,664
Secondary 29.9
32.4 4.3
4.1 3.2
32.6 42.1
1,443 More than secondary
24.7 26.2
4.7 3.5
2.0 27.4
33.3 399
Continued…
Domestic Violence •
289
Table 16.6—Continued
Background characteristic
Emotional violence
Physical violence
Sexual violence
Physical and sexual
Physical and sexual and
emotional Physical or
sexual Physical or
sexual or emotional
Number of ever-married
women
Wealth quintile
Lowest 36.5
53.5 10.6
10.5 8.7
53.6 55.5
4,345 Second
37.9 52.3
8.2 7.9
5.9 52.6
56.6 4,480
Middle 39.7