Abstract
This manuscript uses large-scale survey data to examine the prevalence and correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), namely in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. We examine two form of IPV: physical and sexual. The data show that two of every five women and more than one quarter of men had reportedly ever experienced physical IPV while one quarter of women and 15.7 percent of men reported ever experiencing sexual IPV. The correlates of IPV differ for men and women and depend on the type of IPV. For men, the strongest correlates of physical IPV include current employment, education and recent experience of sexual IPV. The strongest correlates for experiencing sexual violence among men were young age, problematic use of alcohol, gender-equitable attitudes, province of residence, and recent experience of physical IPV. For women, young age, low education, gender-equitable attitudes, partner problematic use of alcohol, partner controlling behaviors, recent experience of sexual IPV, and recent experience of public humiliation were the correlates of physical IPV. The strongest correlates of sexual IPV for women include province of residence, partner problematic use of alcohol, partner controlling behaviors, and recent experience of physical IPV. The programmatic implications of the findings are discussed.
Highlights
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains one of the countries with the highest prevalence of sexual violence in the world.[1]
The lifetime prevalence of physical Intimate partner violence (IPV) varied between 13 percent in Japan to 61 percent in Peru; in most of the study countries, the lifetime prevalence of physical IPV ranged between 23 percent and 49 percent
Another multi-country study that focused on developing countries (WorldSAFE) found that lifetime prevalence of physical IPV among their urban samples of women varied between 11.1 percent in El-Sheik Zayed, Egypt and 34.6 percent in Lucknow, India [10]
Summary
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains one of the countries with the highest prevalence of sexual violence in the world.[1]. A World Health Organization (WHO) ten-country study revealed that IPV is very common across countries irrespective of the level of development or cultural background.[9] The study revealed that the proportion of ever-partnered women who had ever experienced sexual violence from an intimate partner varied between 6 percent in Japan to 59 percent in Ethiopia. The lifetime prevalence of physical IPV varied between 13 percent in Japan to 61 percent in Peru; in most of the study countries, the lifetime prevalence of physical IPV ranged between 23 percent and 49 percent Another multi-country study that focused on developing countries (WorldSAFE) found that lifetime prevalence of physical IPV among their urban samples of women varied between 11.1 percent in El-Sheik Zayed, Egypt and 34.6 percent in Lucknow, India [10]
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