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DVPSEXCOERC
(D105K)Spouse ever coerced sex or sexual acts when not wanted
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and were ever married or lived with a man, DVPSEXCOERC indicates whether the woman's husband/partner ever forced her with threats or in any other (non-physical) way to perform any sexual acts she did not want to do.
Comparability — Index
Comparability
Apart from universe differences, DVPSEXCOERC is largely comparable across most samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DVPSEXCOERC is not included in the standard DHS questionnaire for any phase, but it is included in phases IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the standard domestic violence module.
The third and fourth versions of the standard domestic violence module specifically ask about verbally or otherwise coerced intercourse or other sex acts (through threats, but not physical force, for example). The first and second versions of the standard domestic violence module asks whether the respondent's husband has ever forced her to perform any sexual acts she did not want to do, but does not distinguish between physical or verbal force.
For information about physically forcing any sex act (intercourse or other), as well as generally forcing any sex act, see DVPSEXOTH from the first or second version of the standard domestic violence module. Depending on researcher preference and interpretation of "force" more generally, DVPSEXOTH and DVPSEXCOERC could be combined to align with surveys using the first standard domestic violence module.
Comparability — Philippines [top]
The 2008 Philippines survey asks both about whether a woman was ever "forced with threats or in any other way to have sexual intercourse or perform sexual acts she did not want to do" by her husband/partner and whether her husband/partner has ever "tried to attempt to force, persuade, or threaten her to have sexual intercourse with him or perform any other sexual acts against your will." These two questions are combined into one variable in DVPSEXCOERC.
Comparability — South Africa [top]
The 2016 South Africa survey asks about the respondent's current or most recent spouse, live-in partner, or boyfriend.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Armenia 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Benin 2017: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man, in households selected for the men's survey.
- Burkina Faso 2021: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Cambodia 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Cambodia 2021: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Cameroon 2018: Women age 15-64 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man, in households selected for the men's survey.
- Comoros 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2021: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Gabon 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Gabon 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Gambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Ghana 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Haiti 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Haiti 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been in a consummated marriage.
- India 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been in a consummated marriage.
- Jordan 2023: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man, in households selected for the long questionnaire.
- Kenya 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Kyrgyz Republic 2012: Women age 16-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Lesotho 2023: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Liberia 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Madagascar 2021: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Malawi 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Maldives 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Mauritania 2021: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Mozambique 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Myanmar 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married.
- Namibia 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Nepal 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module.
- Papua New Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Philippines 2008: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Philippines 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Philippines 2017: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Philippines 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Rwanda 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Senegal 2018: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Senegal 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- South Africa 2016: Women age 18-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a partner, or have ever had a boyfriend.
- Tajikistan 2012: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Tajikistan 2017: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Tanzania 2022: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married, lived with, or in an intimate relationship with a man.
- Timor-Leste 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Uganda 2011: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Uganda 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
- Zimbabwe 2015: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and have ever been married or lived with a man.
