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. 2023 Jul 6;23:1299. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16233-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of the evaluated sample and the bivariate relationship of positive screening factors for IPV.

IPV positive (group prevalence)* Total p-value
Housing Zone 0.523
 Rural 65 (21.4) 304
 Urban 27 (24.3) 111
Maternal Age (years, mean) 31.9 (9.3) 31.1 (7.2) 0.611
Child’s Age (months, mean) 44.2 (15.3) 42.7 (16.7) 0.476
Maternal education 0.117
 Up to 8 years 35 (18.3) 191
 More than 8 years 53 (24.8) 214
Marital Status 0.094
 Married 14 (16.1) 87
 Separate 7 (25.9) 27
 Single 35 (30.2) 116
 Stable Union 7 (17.9) 39
 Widow 2 (50.0) 4
 Lives with partner 27 (19.0) 142
Ethnicity 0.885
 Asian 1 (33.3) 3
 White 10 (20.8) 48
 Brown 76 (22.4) 340
 Black 5 (23.8) 21
Religion 0.658
 Catholic 58 (20.9) 277
 None 7 (33.3) 21
 Protestant/Evangelical 26 (23.0) 113
 Umbanda/Candomblé 1 (50.0) 2
Monthly family income in reais (mean) 551.3 (243.12) 527.4 (227.1) 0.056
Food insecurity 0.007
 Yes 38 (30.6) 124
 No 54 (18.6) 291
Availability of internet at home 0.685
 No 36 (21.2) 170
 Yes 56 (22.9) 245
Participation in any activity developed at the government social assistance center 0.241
 No 80 (21.1) 379
 Yes 11 (33.3) 33
Change in food availability for your family after COVID-19 pandemic 0.823
 Has not changed 14 (20.0) 70
 Yes, it increased 5 (26.3) 19
 Yes, it decreased 73 (22.4) 326
Job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic 0.005
 Yes 20 (38.5) 52
 No 72 (20.2) 356
Receiving governmental emergency aid 0.345
 No 4 (44.3) 12
 Yes 88 (21.8) 403
Her child’s father lives at home < 0.001
 No 51 (34.0) 150
 Yes 41 (15.5) 265
Her child’s father sometimes stays with the child < 0.001
 No 20 (41.7) 48
 Yes 31 (30.4) 102
Current maternal work 0.310
 Yes, at home 8 (34.8) 23
 Yes, for selling away from home 12 (24.5) 49
 No, only at home (housework) 72 (21.2) 339
Smoking 0.056
 No 85 (21.5) 396
 Yes 7 (41.2) 17
Common Mental Disorder < 0.001
 No 54 (17.4) 310
 Yes 38 (36.2) 105

*Numbers are n(%) or Mean (Standard Deviation)