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. 2012 Jul;102(7):1336–1345. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300396

TABLE 3—

Associations Between Child Nutritional Status and Forms of Maternal IPV Among Mothers of Children Younger Than 5 Years (n = 1851): Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey, 2007

IPV Measure Child Nutritional Status, AOR (95% CI)
Stunting Underweight Wasting
Form of IPV
 None (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Any physical or sexual IPV or both 1.59 (1.23, 2.08) 1.33 (1.04, 1.71) 1.08 (0.78, 1.49)
 Physical IPV only 1.40 (1.02, 1.94) 1.23 (0.90, 1.69) 1.01 (0.70, 1.47)
 Sexual IPV only 1.64 (1.00, 2.67) 1.33 (0.77, 2.27) 1.07 (0.56, 2.02)
 Both physical and sexual IPV 2.07 (1.24, 3.46) 1.60 (1.02, 2.51) 1.23 (0.68, 2.25)
No. of types of physical IPV
 0 (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00
 1 1.48 (0.88, 2.46) 1.02 (0.62, 1.67) 0.87 (0.49, 1.53)
 2 1.50 (0.99, 2.28) 1.42 (0.96, 2.11) 1.21 (0.64, 2.26)
 ≥3 1.57 (1.00, 2.46) 1.49 (0.97, 2.30) 1.19 (0.74, 1.90)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; IPV = intimate partner violence. Models were adjusted for maternal age, maternal education, maternal decision-making autonomy, maternal occupation, maternal body mass index, parity, residence, number of household members, child gender, child age, initiation of breastfeeding, duration of breastfeeding, recent child illness, and wealth index category.