Integrating a Gender Perspective into
Statistics
4th -7th December 2012
Kampala, Uganda
By
Rosemary Uside Kongani
National Bureau of Statistics
KENYA
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Women’s Empowerment, Gender Based
Violence, and Female Circumcision
2008-09 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey
2
Women’s Employment
and Earnings
Decision making
Attitudes toward Wife
Beating
Gender Based Violence
Female Circumcision
© 2006 Mike Wang/PATH, Courtesy of Photoshare
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Percent of currently married
women and men 15-49
employed at the time of the
survey
** Omitted because based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases.
Age
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Percent distribution of payment
type among employed women
and men age 15-49
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Among women who received cash earnings, percent by who decides how
woman’s earnings are used, reported by women 15-49
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Percent of married women 15-49 who
make: more, less, same or partner has no
earning
National
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
65
13
4
More
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18
Less
Same
Partner has no
earning
7
Percent of currently married women age 15-49 who usually make
specific decisions by themselves or jointly with their husband
National
94
100
80
73
82
67
73
50
60
40
20
3
0
Own health
Major
Daily
care
household household
purchases purchases
Visit to
family or
relatives
Deciding Participate Participate
what food in all five in none of
to cook
the five
8
Percent of currently married men age 15-49 who think a wife should have the greater say alone
National
or equal say with her husband on the following decisions
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
85
80
79
66
62
40
4
Major
household
purchases
Daily
household
purchases
Visit to
family or
relatives
What to do
with the
money the
wife earns
How many
children to
have
All five
None of the
five
9
Women
Men
53
60
42
Percetage
50
31
40
30
20
13
10
24
31
24
31
8
23
44
14
0
Burns
Argues
food
with him
Going out Neglect
without
children
teling
Refuse to At least
have sex
one
with him
reason
him
Reasons for wife beating
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Percent of men age 15-49 who believe
that a husband has the right to certain
behaviors when a wife refuses sex:
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Percent of women age 15-49 who
have experienced physical violence
since age 15
Kenya Total
In past 12 months
39
6
Ever
Often
19
24
Sometimes
Often or
Sometimes
12
21% of women have ever experienced
sexual violence.
12% of women had their first sexual
intercourse forced against their will.
13
Percent of women age 15-49 who
have ever experienced violence
committed by their husband/partner
14
Women’s Experience with Percent
Spousal
of womenPhysical
age 15-49 who
have ever experienced physical or
or Sexual Violence
by Province
sexual violence
committed by
their husband/partner
Eastern
33%
Western
52%
Rift
Valley
42%
North
Easter
n
34%
Kenya
41%
Central
38%
Nyanza
55%
Nairo
bi
24%
Coast
33%
15
Percent of women age 15-49 who have ever
experienced physical, or sexual violence
committed by their husband/partner
Respondent’s father beat her
mother
16
Percent of ever-married women 15-49
who report their husband or partner:
17
2
13
2
Genital
area sewn
closed
Other
27
Nicked, no
flesh
removed
Cut, flesh
removed
Percentag
e of
women …
Percent of women circumcised, and type of
circumcision
83
18
Age (in years)
19
Female Circumcision by Province
Percent of women circumcised
Eastern
36%
Western
1%
Rift
Valley
32%
North
Easter
n
98%
Kenya
27%
Central
27%
Nyanza
34%
Nairo
bi
14%
Coast
10%
20
Percent distribution of
women who have been
circumcised by age at
circumcision
33
19
15
12
12
4
2
Infancy
3-7
8-9
10-11
12-13
Age (in years)
14-18
19-26
21
78% of female circumcisions are
performed by a traditional
“circumciser” and 20% are performed
by a health professional
22
82% of women believe that the
practice of female circumcision should
be stopped.
23
Some of the selected households did not have
eligible women (outside the age bracket, not
there at all)
Some communities do not allow their women
to be interviewed
Woman selected household that were Vacant
could not be replaced
Language barrier
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