Publications

The Demographic and Health Surveys have collected information on domestic violence including emotional physical and sexual violence in several countries. In some of these countries a special module of questions on domestic violence (see the DHS Domestic Violence Module) was included. Data on domestic violence are currently available for the following countries:

Final DHS reports: (link to specific chapter)

• Bolivia 2003
• Cambodia 2000
• Cameroon 2004
• Colombia 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005
• Dominican Republic 2002
• Egypt 1995, 2005
• Haiti 2000
• Kenya 2003
• India 1998-99
• Moldova 2005
• Nicaragua 1998
• Peru 2000
• Rwanda 2005
• South Africa 1998
• Zambia 2001-2002

Domestic violence information is available from the country Final Reports, as well as the following DHS publications:

• Profiling Domestic Violence; A Multi-Country Study, 2004 (English)

In addition, domestic and violence information was collected as part of an in-depth study on negotiating reproductive outcomes in Uganda and on safe motherhood in the Philippines.  Domestic violence information collected as part of these studies is available from the following DHS Publications:

• Philippines National Safe Motherhood Survey 1993 (English)
  
• Uganda 1995/96 Final Report-Negotiating Reproductive Outcomes in Uganda (English)