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. 2009 Apr 28;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1745-0179-5-8

Table 3.

Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals of depressive episode and intimate partner violence among currently married women in Butajira, rural Ethiopia, 2008 (n = 1994)

Characteristics Number Prevalence (95% CI)
Presence of physical violence (n = 1994)
 Never 988 49.5 (47.4, 51.7)
 Lifetime occurrence

Presence of physical violence by onset
 Current (last 12 months) 635 31.8 (29.8, 33.8)
 More than 12 months previously 353 17.7 (16.0, 19.4)

Severity of physical violence
 Moderate 270 13.5 (12.0, 15.0)
 Severe 718 36.0 (33.9, 38.1)

Physical violence during pregnancy
 No 844 42.3 (40.1, 44.5)
 Yes 144 7.2 (1.8, 10.8)

Presence of injury with physical violence
 No 803 39.7 (36.1, 43.3)
 Yes 185 8.1 (6.1, 8.3)

Presence of sexual violence
 Lifetime occurrence 1186 59.5 (57.3, 61.6)

Presence of sexual violence by onset
 Current (last 12 months) 975 48.9 (46.7, 51.1)
 More than 12 months previously 211 10.6 (9.2, 12.0)

Presence of emotional violence
 Mild (single form) 376 18.9 (17.1, 20.6)
 Severe (two or more forms) 177 8.9 (7.6, 10.1)

Sexual violence during childhood (n = 1943)
 Present 166 8.5 (7.3, 9.8)

Spousal control of respondent
 Moderate 1006 50.5 (48.3, 52.7)
 High control 99 5.0 (4.0, 6.0)


Any form of intimate partner violence 1435 72.0 (70.0, 73.9)


Depressive episode (12-month prevalence) 96 4.8 (3.9, 5.8)