Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Factors Affecting Domestic Violence among Married Women in Zambia

Thankian Kusanthan, Sidney O. C. Mwaba, J. Anitha Menon

Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · pp. 1–13 · Published 28 Sep 2015

10.9734/BJESBS/2016/20140

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze and determine the factors associated with different types of domestic violence (physical, emotional and sexual) in Zambia. The data for the study was derived from the Zambia Demographic Health Survey carried out by Central Statistical Office in 2007. The study was based on a sample of 7146 married women. Data was analyzed using Bivariate and Binary Logistic Regression. The results indicated that 43%, 23% and 15% of respondents reported having experienced physical violence, emotional violence and sexual violence, respectively. Furthermore, physical, emotional and sexual violence were significantly associated with wealth status, marital duration, place of residence, had sexually transmitted diseases in the last 12 months among married women in Zambia. Women residing in rural areas experienced physical violence 1.9 times more than those residing in urban areas.  The husbands’ alcohol consumption was found to be the most prominent factors significantly explaining variation in the prevalence of emotional violence. The findings from the study suggest that poverty, patriarchal culture, strictly defined gender roles, and lack of programs for reintegrating victims, subordinate women and leave them susceptible to domestic violence. Hence intervention programs that target men or both husband and wife are recommended.

Physical violence emotional violence sexual violence sexually transmitted disease domestic violence

References (24)

  1. 1 Violence Against Women [DOI]
  2. 2 Alcohol and public health [DOI]
  3. 3 Risk factors for domestic violence: findings from a South African cross-sectional study [DOI]
  4. 4 Profiling domestic violence: a multi-country study.
  5. 5 Violence during pregnancy and substance use. [DOI]
  6. 6 Domestic violence in rural Uganda: evidence from a community-based study.
  7. 7 Intimate partner violence among couples in 10 DHS countries: Predictors and health outcomes
  8. 8 Violence against pregnant women: Prevalence, patterns, risk factors, theories, and directions for future research [DOI]
  9. 9 Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries [DOI]
  10. 10 A National Study of the Prevalence and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Women in India [DOI]
  11. 11 Spousal violence in sub-Saharan Africa: does household poverty-wealth matter? [DOI]
  12. 12 Does Alcohol Make a Difference? [DOI]
  13. 13 The prevalence of intimate partner violence in the family: a systematic review of the implications for adolescents in Africa [DOI]
  14. 14 Intimate partner violence and correlates in pregnant HIV positive Nigerians [DOI]
  15. 15 The Role of Perpetrator Alcohol Use in the Injury Outcomes of Intimate Assaults [DOI]
  16. 16 CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS WIFE BEATING IN ADULT LIFE: A STUDY OF MEN IN INDIA [DOI]
  17. 17 The Dark Consequences of Marital Rape [DOI]
  18. 18 Women's and men's experience of spousal violence in two African countries: Does gender matter?
  19. 19 Spouse Abuse in Sari-Iran
  20. 20 Violence against women [DOI]
  21. 21 Alcohol and public health [DOI]
  22. 22 Does Alcohol Make a Difference?: Within-participants Comparison of Incidents of Partner Violence [DOI]
  23. 23 Demographic and Health Surveys [DOI]
  24. 24 Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences [DOI]

Cited by 28

Perceived Risk of Contracting HIV and AIDS among Sexually Active Unmarried Young People in Zambia

Sidney O. C. Mwaba, Anitha J. Menon, Thankian Kusanthan · International STD Research & Reviews · 2020

COVID-19 in Zambia: Implications for Family, Social, Economic, and Psychological Well-Being

Sherinah Saasa, Spencer James · Journal of Comparative Family Studies · 2020

Causes and impacts of domestic violence against women: Cases in Indonesia

Wahidah Zein Br Siregar · Jurnal Sosiologi Dialektika · 2024

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH: INVESTIGATING THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP

Saifa Binte Sanawar, Mohammad Amirul Islam, Shankar Majumder · Journal of Biosocial Science · 2018

Intimate partner sexual violence against women in Sylhet, Bangladesh: some risk factors

Md. Shahidul Islam · Journal of Biosocial Science · 2020

Spatial Distribution and Pattern Analysis of Women Sexual Violence in Tanzania

Justine N. Mbukwa, Tukae Mbegalo, Francis Levira · Global Perspectives on Health Geography · 2023

Do women with autonomy in the household experience less intimate partner violence in Malawi? Evidence from the 2015–16 Demographic and Health Survey

James Forty · Journal of Biosocial Science · 2021

Spatial distribution and predictors of domestic violence against women: evidence from analysis of Ethiopian demographic health survey 2016

Elias Seid, Tesfahun Melese, Kassahun Alemu · BMC Women's Health · 2021

Assessment of domestic violence and its associated factors among ever-married reproductive-age women in Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey

Bezawit Mulat, Menen Tsegaw, Dagmawi Chilot · BMC Women's Health · 2022

Showing 9 of 28 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

68

Page views

0

PDF downloads

20

Outbound clicks

28

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.