Table 3.

Odds Ratios for the Associations Between Three Power Domains and Physical 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	0.27	[0.01, 4.85]	2.13	[0.00, 6311.82]	1.43	[0.15, 13.62]
Power bases
Years of education
Actor effect	0.82*	[0.69, 0.97]
Partner effect	1.04	[0.90, 1.21]
Actor × Gender	1.04	[0.79, 1.37]
Partner × Gender	1.10	[0.78, 1.55]
Monthly income
Actor effect	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Partner effect	1.36	[0.54, 3.43]
Actor × Gender	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Partner × Gender	0.72	[0.21, 2.51]
Power processes
Unity
Actor effects			0.33**	[0.16, 0.67]
Partner effects			1.20	[0.39, 3.66]
Actor × Gender			1.14	[0.23, 5.76]
Partner × Gender			0.52	[0.10, 2.66]
Power outcomes
Male dominance
Actor effects					1.40	[0.45, 4.39]
Partner effects					1.08	[0.29, 3.96]
Actor × gender					0.17	[0.03, 1.14]
Partner × gender					0.81	[0.10, 6.70]

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.