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WOMEN EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE

In Nigeria, domestic violence cuts across all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. About 28 percent of all women have experienced physical violence since age 15. Women who are divorced, separated, or widowed are far more likely to have experienced physical violence than other women. Forty-two percent of divorced, separated, or widowed women reported experiencing violence since age 15, as compared with 25 percent of women who are married or living together with a partner and 35 percent of never-married women.

Around 7 percent of women age 15-49 reported that they had experienced sexual violence at some time. Women who are divorced, separated, or widowed are more likely to have experienced sexual violence (15 percent) than currently married women (7 percent) and never-married women (8 percent).

Overall, 30 percent of women reported that they had experienced either physical or sexual violence. About one in five women experienced only physical violence, 2 percent experienced only sexual violence, and 6 percent experienced both physical and sexual violence. There is not substantial variation in the experience of different forms of violence by age.

The states are ranked by the percentage of women who have reported either experiencing physical or sexual violence.
2020 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE



RANK
STATE
FEMALE POPULATION*
PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE*
#1


2,752,772
10.2%
#2


4,521,897
10.8%
#3


4,029,147
11.2%
#4


1,264,017
11.4%
#5


2,823,517
12.6%
#6


2,385,531
13.2%
#7


2,044,612
13.8%
#8


2,562,975
14.1%
#9


6,212,434
14.7%
#10


2,108,188
14.9%
#11


6,492,104
15.1%
#12


1,871,745
19%
#13


3,050,638
21.2%
#14


2,921,563
21.3%
#15


2,012,653
21.6%
#16


1,448,461
23.7%
#17


1,720,950
27.3%
#18


1,864,761
30.4%
#19


2,258,444
30.8%
#20


3,686,148
31.1%
#21


1,555,822
33.1%
#22


2,067,622
33.7%
#23


2,877,924
34.8%
#24


1,284,487
35.3%
#25


1,400,709
37.1%
#26


2,973,862
37.4%
#27


3,071,957
37.5%
#28


2,807,748
40.6%
#29


1,968,398
42.8%
#30


2,872,722
45.3%
#31


2,644,133
49.4%
#32


1,974,332
52.5%
#33


3,902,903
54.4%
#34


2,016,822
55.9%
#35


3,263,362
56.2%
#36


2,526,449
59.8%
#37


1,491,952
69.2%


* - 2018 Estimates



Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program
Kingmakers.com.ng Calculations



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