GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEPAPUA NEW GUINEAMEASURESTHE 2016-18 PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY
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The 2016-18 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2016
Brief Description
The 2016-18 PNG DHS included a module of questions on domestic violence that was administered in the subsample of households selected for the men's survey. In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on ethical collection of information on domestic violence, only one eligible woman per household was randomly selected for the module, and the module was not implemented if privacy could not be obtained (WHO 2001). In total, 4,873 women completed the module. One percent of women eligible for the domestic violence module could not be successfully interviewed with the module because privacy could not be obtained or for other reasons. Special weights were used to adjust for the selection of only one woman per household and to ensure that the domestic violence subsample was nationally representative.
Source of Information
National Statistical Office (NSO) [Papua New Guinea] and ICF. 2019. Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey 2016-18. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NSO and ICF.
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