Central Statistical Office (CSO) Zambia By Cecilia M. Munjita UN Workshop on Integrating Gender into Statistics 4-7 December 2012, Kampala, Uganda

Outline Introduction Methodology/Challenges Gender based violence in Zambia by Type of Violence Physical Sexual Emotional Help seeking behaviour Property grabbing

Introduction CSO collects GBV statistics mainly though Zambia Demographic and Health Surveys -(ZDHS) Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey 2006 Gender Based Violence Survey The presentation includes statistics mainly from the ZDHS and a portion from the 2006 GBV report

GDV data collection The ZDHS included a special module designed to obtain information on the extent to which women in Zambia experience domestic violence The module focused on the extent of marital violence for females aged 15-45

Methodology The domestic violence module was administered to one eligible woman randomly selected in each household with the use of the Kish grid technique (Kish, 1965). The module focused on the extent of marital violence, but also obtained information on any physical violence involving perpetrators other than the woman’s current husband (or the last husband for separated or divorced women) that a woman may have experienced since her fifteenth birthday. Women who reported recent marital violence were asked whether they had ever told anyone about the violence, and whether they ever sought help.

challenge Women not disclosing issues on domestic violence. - Thus field staff received special training on gender based violence; and -Interviews were to be conducted were there was maximum privacy otherwise, the questions in the domestic violence module were not to be asked.

What Statistics Say!

Physical Violence by Age Group AgePercent Number

Physical Violence by Residence ResidencePercentNumber Urban50.22,205 Rural44.43,031

Physical Violence by Education EducationPercentNumber No education Primary49.42,850 Secondary45.81,575 More than secondary

Perpetrators of Physical Violence Person committing Physical Violence Marital Status Ever MarriedNever MarriedTotal Current Husband/partner70.3na59.6 Former Husband/partner20.2na17.1 Current Boyfriend Former Boyfriend Father/Step Father Sister/Brother Daughter/son00.30 Other Relative Mother in Law0.3na0.2 Father in Law0.0na0.0 Other in Law0.4na0.6 Teacher Employer/someone at work Police/Soldier0.0 Other Number of women2, ,453

Sexual Violence by Age Group Current agePercentNumber , , , ,

Sexual Violence by Residence ResidencePercentNumber Urban23.22,205 Rural183,031

Sexual Violence by Level of Education EducationPercentNumber No education Primary21.52,850 Secondary19.91,575 More than secondary

% Who Reported Specific Persons Who Committed the Violence, by Marital Status Person committing Sexual Violence Marital Status Ever MarriedNever Married Current Husband/partner52.1Na Former Husband/partner18.8Na Current/Former Boyfriend4.717 Father Step Father0.10 Other Relative In-law Own Friend/Acquaintance Family Friend Teacher Employer/someone at work01.1 Police/Soldier0.20 Priest/Religious Leader01.1 Stranger8.423 Other Not asked Total850207

Experience of Physical Violence During Pregnancy Current agePercent Number who have ever been pregnant ,

Violence During Pregnancy by Residence ResidencePercentNumber Urban11.31,564 Rural8.62,576

Forms of Spousal violence Percentage of ever married women age who have ever experienced violence by their husband/partner by form of violence

Forms of Spousal Violence (%)

Forms of Spousal Violence by Residence (%) Emotional violence Physical violence Sexual violenceNumber Residence Urban ,449 Rural , 461

Help Seeking Behavour of Women Who Ever Experienced Violence by whether they told anyone about the violence or sought help from any source

Help Seeking Behaviour by Residence (%) Residence Never told anyoneTold someone Have sought help from any source Urban Rural

Help Seeking Behaviour by Education (%) Education Never told anyone Told someone Have sought help from any source No education Primary Secondary More than secondary

% Women Who Experienced Violence and Sought Help, by Source of Help SourceAny form of Violence Own Family69.8 In-laws38.7 Husband/partner/boyfriend1 Friend/neighbour13.9 Religious leader5 Doctor/medical personnel0.8 Police7.2 Social Service1.1 Other5.9

Property Grabbing (GBV Survey 2006)

% Distribution of Receipt of Spouse’s Asset/Valuables by Sex and Residence Receipt of Spouse’s Assets All ZambiaRuralUrban TotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotalMaleFemale Received Not Received Population 437,09395,693341,400281,19162,419218,772155,90233,274122,628

Reasons for not Receiving any Assets by Sex and Residence (%) Reasons All ZambiaRuralUrban BothMaleFemaleBothMaleFemaleBothMaleFemale Spouse’s family took everything Threats from spouse’s family Did not want Other Population231,26857,818173,450155,69143,313112,37875,57714,50561,072

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