Table 2.

Odds Ratios for the Associations Between Three Power Domains and Sexual IPV Among Malawian Couples.

	Model 1: Power bases-income and education		Model 2: Power processes- unity		Model 3: Power outcomes- dominance
Variable	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Gender	0.58	[0.14, 2.33]	0.00**	[0.00, 0.22]	1.34	[0.38, 4.88]
Power bases
Years of education
Actor effect	0.98	[0.89, 1.09]
Partner effect	1.04	[0.95, 1.12]
Actor × Gender	1.01	[0.87, 1.17]
Partner × Gender	0.93	[0.80, 1.08]
Monthly income
Actor effect	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Partner effect	0.93	[0.59, 1.48]
Actor × Gender	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Partner × Gender	1.20	[0.67, 2.15]
Power processes
Unity
Actor effect			0.19***	[0.11, 0.35]
Partner effect			0.80	[0.42, 1.52]
Actor × Gender			2.83*	[1.12, 7.18]
Partner × Gender			1.51	[0.57, 4.02]
Power outcomes
Male dominance
Actor effect					2.16*	[1.06, 4.40]
Partner effect					1.03	[0.49, 2.17]
Actor × Gender					0.33*	[0.11, 1.01]
Partner × Gender					0.86	[0.30, 2.45]

Note. Gender was coded as 0 = females, 1 = males. Female dominance/egalitarian = 0, male dominance = 1. Unity scores ranged from 1 to 4, with higher values indicating more unity. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.