Table 1.
Prevalence and Odds of Intimate Partner Violence by Type of Abuse and Rurality Among Abortion Clients Screened for Intimate Partner Violence, Iowa, November 2006–July 2008 (n=1478)
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Any IPVa |
Physical and/or sexual IPV |
Battering (current partner only)b |
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| n (%) | n (%) | ORc(95% CI) | n (%) | ORc(95% CI) | n (%) | ORc(95% CI) | |
| All women | 1478 | 233 (16.1) | 180 (12.5) | 97 (9.0) | |||
| Urban/suburban | 1074 (72.7) | 163 (15.5) | 1.0 (referent) | 121 (11.6) | 1.0 (referent) | 72 (9.3) | 1.0 (referent) |
| Large rural town | 161 (10.9) | 21 (13.3) | 0.9 (0.5-1.4) | 17 (10.6) | 0.9 (0.5-1.6) | 10 (8.2) | 1.0 (0.5-2.0) |
| Small rural town | 146 (9.9) | 32 (22.5) | 1.6 (1.03-2.5) | 27 (18.8) | 1.8 (1.1-3.0) | 9 (8.0) | 0.8 (0.4-1.8) |
| Isolated | 97 (6.7) | 17 (17.5) | 1.2 (0.7-2.1) | 15 (15.6) | 1.4 (0.8-2.5) | 6 (8.5) | 0.8 (0.3-2.2) |
a
Includes physical or sexual violence by a former or current partner and battering by a current partner.
b
Denominator for this analysis=1081.
c
Controls for age, race (white/nonwhite), health insurance (private, public, none), employment (yes/no), age (18–20, 21–24, 25–29, 30–34), and children <18 in the household (yes/no).
CI, confidence interval; IPV, intimate partner violence; OR, odds ratio.