{"id":"violence","title":"Violence against women and men","description":"Physical violence since 2006, spousal violence and help seeking (UDHS 2022).","licence":"Figures are official statistics published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and its partner agencies. Cite UBOS as the source; the links in each dataset point to the original files.","sources":[{"title":"Trends in physical violence","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Trends-in-physical-violence.xlsx"},{"title":"Forms of spousal violence","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Forms-of-spousal-violence.xlsx"},{"title":"Help seeking by type of violence experienced","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Help-seeking-by-type-of-violence-experienced.xlsx"}],"data":{"sources":{"physical":{"title":"Trends in physical violence","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Trends-in-physical-violence.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"spousal":{"title":"Forms of spousal violence","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Forms-of-spousal-violence.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"help":{"title":"Help seeking by type of violence experienced","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Help-seeking-by-type-of-violence-experienced.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"}},"physical_trend":[{"year":"2006","women":60,"men":53},{"year":"2011","women":56,"men":56},{"year":"2016","women":51,"men":52},{"year":"2022","women":44,"men":39}],"spousal_2022":[{"name":"Emotional violence","Women":40,"Men":29},{"name":"Physical violence","Women":38,"Men":15},{"name":"Sexual violence","Women":17,"Men":7},{"name":"Physical and sexual violence","Women":12,"Men":3},{"name":"Physical and sexual and emotional","Women":10,"Men":3},{"name":"Physical or sexual","Women":42,"Men":19},{"name":"Physical or sexual or emotional","Women":54,"Men":34}],"help_seeking_2022":[{"name":"Physical violence only","Women":28,"Men":31},{"name":"Sexual violence only","Women":14,"Men":15},{"name":"Physical and sexual violence","Women":49,"Men":40}],"notes":["Violence figures are from the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (people aged 15–49). Physical violence means any since age 15; spousal violence is by a husband, wife or partner, ever.","Help seeking is the share of people who experienced violence who sought help from anyone."]}}