Table 2.
Predictors of help-seeking among women facing IPV
| Variables | Unadjusted PR | Adjusted PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (95% CI) | p-value | β (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Individual level | ||||
| Marital status of woman | ||||
| Currently married | Reference | |||
| Formerly married | 2.0 (1.6–2.2) | < 0.001 | Not applicable | |
| Woman currently working | ||||
| No | Reference | |||
| Yes | 1.5 (1.4–1.6) | < 0.001 | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.274 |
| Relationship-household level | ||||
| Number of living children | ||||
| 0 | Reference | |||
| ≤ 2 | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | 0.001 | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.188 |
| > 2 | 0.7 (0.6–0.9) | < 0.001 | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.165 |
| Husband drinks alcohol | ||||
| No | Reference | |||
| Yes | 1.9 (1.8–2.1) | < 0.001 | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | < 0.001 |
| Women empowerment (makes decisions about own health, large purchases, mobility) | ||||
| No | Reference | |||
| Yes | 0.8 (0.8–0.9) | < 0.001 | 0.9 (0.8–1.0) | 0.082 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | Reference | |||
| Poorer | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 0.317 | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.477 |
| Middle | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | 0.065 | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.443 |
| Richer | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | 0.073 | 1.2 (1.0–1.5) | 0.079 |
| Richest | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | < 0.001 | 1.4 (1.1–1.9) | 0.009 |
| Father ever beat her mother (parental IPV) | ||||
| No | Reference | |||
| Yes | 1.4 (1.3–1.5) | < 0.001 | 1.3 (1.1–1.4) | < 0.001 |
| Do not know | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | 0.036 | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 0.388 |
| Community level | ||||
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | Reference | |||
| Rural | 0.8 (0.7–0.9) | < 0.001 | 0.9 (0.8–1.1) | 0.266 |
The following covariates were adjusted in multivariate model including place of residence, respondent’s current working status, respondent’s occupation, current marital status, respondent’s age at first marriage, number of children, husband/partner worked in last 12 months, wealth index, husband consumes alcohol, respondent’s control over decision-making, and respondent witnessed IPV as a child