Socio-demographics, prevalence of disability and prevalence intimate partner violence among women in the seven studies
| Sammanit Jeevan, Nepal (n=200) | South Africa (n=680) | Afghanistan (n=933) | Rwanda-couples (n=1600) | Ghana (n=1877) | Change Starts At Home, Nepal (n=1800) | Rwanda -community (n=1399) | All Studies (n=8549) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Socio-demographics | ||||||||
| Age group | ||||||||
| ≤25 years | 50 (26.9) | 476 (76.6) | 218 (24.9) | 265 (17.5) | 561 (32.7) | 319 (19.5) | 217 (17.6) | 2106 (27.1) |
| 26–35 years | 26 (14.0) | 145 (23.4) | 364 (41.6) | 786 (52.1) | 641 (37.4) | 633 (38.8) | 629 (50.9) | 3224 (41.5) |
| 36–45 years | 24 (12.9) | 0 | 293 (33.5) | 422 (28.0) | 409 (23.8) | 531 (32.5) | 326 (26.4) | 2005 (25.8) |
| >46 years | 86 (46.2) | 0 | 0 | 36 (2.4) | 104 (6.1) | 151 (9.2) | 63 (5.1) | 440 (5.6) |
| Mean age (SD) | 42.8 (17.3) | 23.7 (3.4) | 32.4 (7.3) | 32.7 (6.6) | 31.4 (8.5) | 34.5 (8.3) | 33.0 (7.1) | 32.3 (8.4) |
| Age range | 18–87 | 18–30 | 18–45 | 19–49 | 18–49 | 18–49 | 18–49 | 18–87 |
| Never attended school | 106 (53.0) | 0 (0) | 776 (83.2) | 288 (17.4) | 401 (21.4) | 562 (31.2) | 240 (17.2) | 2373 (30.2) |
| Median educational attainment | No school | Grade 11 | No school | Some primary | 1 year junior high | Primary | Some primary | n/a* |
| Worked or earned income in past 3 months | 43 (21.5) | 174 (25.6) | 567 (60.8) | † | 1174 (62.7) | † | † | 1958 (53.1)‡ |
| Household food insecurity mean score (SD) | 1.05 (0.21) | 2.43 (0.93) | 1.68 (0.94) | 2.22 (0.81) | 1.71 (0.72) | 1.11 (0.37) | 2.24 (0.82) | 1.81 (0.87) |
| Experience of violence in the past 12 months | ||||||||
| Physical IPV | 16 (8.0) | 405 (59.6) | 216 (23.2) | 629 (37.9) | 290 (15.5) | 282 (15.7) | 633 (45.3) | 2471 (28.9) |
| Sexual IPV | 10 (5.0) | 200 (29.4) | † | 686 (41.3) | 222 (11.8) | 325 (18.1) | 675 (48.3) | 2118 (27.8)‡ |
| Emotional IPV | 34 (17.0) | 452 (66.5) | 229 (24.5) | 983 (59.2) | 413 (22.0) | 522 (29.0) | 909 (65.0) | 3542 (41.4) |
| Economic IPV | 38 (19.0) | 297 (43.7) | 36 (3.9) | 700 (42.2) | 111 (5.9) | 315 (17.5) | 708 (50.6) | 2281 (26.7) |
| Sexual or Physical IPV | 22 (11.0) | 443 (65.2) | 216 (23.2) | 922 (55.5) | 402 (21.4) | 455 (25.3) | 862 (61.6) | 3322 (38.9) |
| Any IPV | 55 (27.5) | 556 (81.8) | 261 (28.0) | 1253 (75.5) | 594 (31.7) | 785 (43.6) | 1105 (79.0) | 4618 (54.0) |
| Disability§ | ||||||||
| Disability prevalence | 50 (25.0) | 132 (19.4) | 189 (20.3) | 434 (26.1) | 140 (7.5) | 89 (5.0) | 444 (31.7) | 1478 (17.3) |
| Disability prevalence among young women (<30 years) | 8 (12.3) | 132 (19.4) | 61 (14.3) | 132 (20.0) | 32 (3.3) | 8 (1.3) | 144 (25.4) | 517 (13.0) |
| Disability prevalence among older women (≥30 years) | 42 (31.1) | n/a | 128 (25.4) | 302 (30.2) | 108 (12.0) | 81 (6.9) | 300 (36.1) | 961 (21.1) |
*Not calculated because measures across studies are not comparable.
†Not measured
‡Total from studies where item was measured.
§Women were classified as having a disability if their response to at least one of the questions on disability was ‘Yes,a lot of difficulty’ or ‘Cannot do at all’.
IPV, intimate partner violence; n/a, Not applicable.