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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Jun;22(6):345–347. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2011.010425

Table 1.

STI partner notification experiences and associations with intimate partner violence (IPV) among women seeking family planning clinical care

% Sample (n) % Among IPV Yes % Among IPV No ARR* (95% CI)
Fear of partner notification (n=1282) 25.4 (325) 29.4 20.7††† 1.46 (1.20, 1.77)†††
Partner STI notification (n=499 with STI diagnosis) 89.8 (448) 89.4 90.5 0.99 (0.93, 1.05)
Partner response among those who did notify a partner** (n=448 who notified partner(s))
 Sought treatment or testing 87.4 (443) 84.8 91.9 0.93 (0.86, 0.99)
 Said it was not from them or accused you of cheating| 47.7 (213) 54.7 35.2††† 1.56 (1.24, 1.98)†††
 Threatened to harm or actually harmed you physically 5.4 (24) 5.6 4.9 1.17 (0.51, 2.67)
Reasons for not notifying among those who did not notify partner** (n=51 who did not notify partner(s))
 I was not sure they gave it to me 42.9 (21) 40.6 47.1 0.84 (0.34, 2.08)
 I was afraid of their response 34.7 (17) 43.8 17.7§ 2.22 (0.72, 6.77)
 We were not together anymore 30.6 (15) 31.3 29.4 1.01 (0.41, 2.47)
 Other reasons 32.7 (16) 40.6 17.7 2.24 (0.74, 6.81)
*

adjusted for age, race/ethnicity and recruitment site

**

not mutually exclusive

§

p<0.1

p<0.05

††

p<0.01

†††

p<0.001