Codes and Frequencies
Description
DVSEXFORCE indicates if anyone forced the woman to have sexual intercourse or perform any sexual acts when she did not want to at any time during her childhood or adulthood.
This variable includes ever-married and never-married women together. For married women, this question refers to sexual intercourse forced by persons who were not the woman's current or former husband or partner, as in DVSEXNOTPARTNER.
Comparability
In some samples, responses from DVSEXNOTPARTNER and DVSEXNEVERMARR are combined to be comparable with samples that include a broader universe.
Universe
- Argentina 2019: Woman age 18-49
- Benin 2021: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Comoros 2022: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Honduras 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Kiribati 2018: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Madagascar 2018: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Samoa 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Tonga 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Turks and Caicos 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Tuvalu 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
- Zimbabwe 2019: Woman age 15-49 selected for the domestic violence module
Availability
- Argentina: 2019
- Benin: 2021
- Comoros: 2022
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 2021
- Honduras: 2019
- Kiribati: 2018
- Madagascar: 2018
- Samoa: 2019
- Tonga: 2019
- Turks and Caicos: 2019
- Tuvalu: 2019
- Zimbabwe: 2019