DHS in the News

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JAKARTA GLOBE (Indonesia)

...The most recent [Timor-Leste] demographic survey by the Ministry of Health in 2010 did not track alcohol or drug consumption, but found alcohol was a significant factor in domestic violence. Of the women who experienced domestic violence, 60 percent said their husbands “get drunk very often,” compared to 26 percent who said their husbands did not drink alcohol at all...

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IRIN
JAKARTA GLOBE (Indonesia)

...The most recent [Timor-Leste] demographic survey by the Ministry of Health in 2010 did not track alcohol or drug consumption, but found alcohol was a significant factor in domestic violence. Of the women who experienced domestic violence, 60 percent said their husbands "get drunk very often," compared to 26 percent who said their husbands did not drink alcohol at all...

URL to article: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/alcohol-fueled-violence-a-growing-concern-in-east-timor/534701