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Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of women age 15-49)

Definition: Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months is the percentage of ever partnered women age 15-49 who are subjected to physical violence, sexual violence or both by a current or former intimate partner in the last 12 months.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

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Year	Value
2006	21.50

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she argues with him.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and other surveys: STATcompiler (http://www.statcompiler.com/) as of November 22, 2016, UNICEF global databases (http://www.data.unicef.org/) as of November 2015. MICS Compil

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Year	Value
2001	61.70
2006	49.10
2013	58.40
2018	68.50

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she burns the food.

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Year	Value
2001	33.60
2006	23.40
2013	26.30
2018	22.60

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she goes out without telling him.

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Year	Value
2001	74.90
2006	60.30
2013	55.00
2018	53.80

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she neglects the children.

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Year	Value
2001	71.30
2006	52.60
2013	48.70
2018	51.70

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner for any of the following five reasons: argues with him; refuses to have sex; burns the food; goes out without telling him; or when she neglects the children.

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Year	Value
2001	88.80
2006	75.20
2010	87.20
2013	76.30
2018	79.40

Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)

Definition: Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she refuses sex with him.

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Year	Value
2001	73.50
2006	56.80
2013	58.90
2018	62.80

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Topic: Gender Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health