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. 2014 Jul 25;14:751. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-751

Table 2.

AOR* (95% CI) and 95% CIs for associations between ‘prior to relationship’ variables and ever experiencing intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15-24

BGD urban BGD rural BRA urban BRA rural ETH rural NAM urban PER urban
n = 373 n = 298 n = 186 n = 262 n = 330 n = 283 n = 195
% AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI)
History of mother beaten by partner Neither 74 79 67 68 77 76 41
His only 9 6.38*** 11 4.73** 15 1.32 13 1.99 3 0.88 2 0.87 17 2.77*
[2.29,17.79] [1.65,13.60] [0.41,4.26] [0.82,4.82] [0.19,4.17] [0.15,4.98] [1.17,6.60]
Hers only 14 3.42** 8 2.18 15 2.11 14 1.48 16 2.35* 21 3.65*** 26 3.03*
[1.61,7.27] [0.89,5.36] [0.69,6.42] [0.62,3.51] [1.21,4.58] [2.02,6.60] [1.38,6.66]
Both 3 2.03 2 5.30 3 5.53 5 4.41* 4 1.21 1 2.52 16 4.75***
[0.34,12.35] [0.56,50.35] [0.90,33.95] [1.24,15.69] [0.26,5.60] [0.32,19.73] [1.89,11.92]
Women’s child sexual abuse No 83 88 91 92 98 92 73
Yes 17 8.92*** 12 . 9 0.92 8 1.70 2 4.43 8 2.48 27 1.99
[3.61,22.05] [3.61,22.05] [0.22,3.87] [0.58,4.96] [0.49,40.00] [0.97,6.33] [0.98,4.05]
Partner physically beaten as a child No 84 91 80 79 96 92 65
Yes 16 1.35 9 2.30 20 2.31 21 3.24** 4 3.46 8 0.97 35 1.17
[0.67,2.74] [0.91,5.83] [0.84,6.32] [1.56,6.76] [0.56,21.38] [0.73,1.29] [0.80,1.71]
Completed secondary education Neither 24 42 32 68 94 10 2
Him only 15 0.41* 10 0.45 13 0.94 8 2.29 4 0.91 9 1.03 5 0.46
[0.19,0.90] [0.17,1.19] [0.26,3.37] [0.82,6.42] [0.29,2.83] [0.32,3.33] [0.03,7.47]
Her only 7 0.48 12 1.45 14 0.95 10 0.59 1 0.19 6 2.35 1 .
[0.17,1.30] [0.64,3.24] [0.26,3.49] [0.21,1.72] [0.02,2.31] [0.64,8.61] -
Both 54 0.32*** 36 0.96 41 0.88 14 0.71 1 2.07 75 1.19 92 0.76
[0.17,0.59] [0.55,1.68] [0.33,2.37] [0.26,1.92] [0.22,19.40] [0.50,2.80] [0.06,9.37]
PER rural SMA SRB urban THA urban THA rural TAZ urban TZA Rural
n = 278 n = 180 n = 153 n = 112 n = 107 n = 386 n = 339
% AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI)
History of mother beaten by partner Neither 39 47 86 67 52 70 45
His only 10 1.96 2 0.75 3 1.44 5 0.92 9 2.02 3 1.56 6 2.59*
[0.77,4.94] [0.06,8.78] [0.15,14.06] [0.14,6.17] [0.44,9.17] [0.46,5.29] [1.03,6.54]
Hers only 32 3.00*** 45 1.08 10 2.29 23 0.88 29 2.94* 24 2.30** 37 2.63***
[1.56,5.78] [0.55,2.13] [0.57,9.15] [0.34,2.24] [1.08,8.03] [1.40,3.80] [1.59,4.33]
Both 19 3.51** 6 14.03* 1 . 5 2.68 10 4.99* 3 3.45* 12 2.84**
[1.52,8.11] [1.55,127.32] - [0.43,16.93] [1.04,23.84] [1.04,11.39] [1.39,5.81]
Woman’s child sexual abuse No 91 97 98 89 88 93 96
Yes 9 0.75 3 2.91 2 . 11 1.06 12 1.52 7 1.36 4 0.86
[0.29,1.98] [0.26,32.53] - [0.30,3.76] [0.38,6.11] [0.57,3.28] [0.27,2.67]
Partner physically beaten as a child No 67 90 95 86 78 95 95
Yes 33 1.10 10 1.83 5 0.93 14 2.75 22 1.92 5 2.05 5 2.07
[0.58,2.08] [0.56,5.92] [0.49,1.74] [0.82,9.23] [0.63,5.87] [0.77,5.41] [0.72,5.89]
Completed secondary education Neither 20 11 1 21 32 58 77
Him only 31 1.07 3 0.31 1 7.64 13 1.43 8 0.84 23 0.92 15 0.78
[0.50,2.26] [0.03,3.55] [0.44,133.99] [0.38,5.48] [0.16,4.46] [0.54,1.56] [0.40,1.53]
Her only 3 0.54 5 0.28 3 1.80 10 0.66 16 0.56 2 0.87 3 0.41
[0.12,2.46] [0.04,2.09] [0.18,17.81] [0.14,3.11] [0.16,2.00] [0.21,3.57] [0.10,1.64]
Both 46 0.84 81 0.95 95 . 56 1.32 44 0.60 17 0.44* 5 0.83
[0.42,1.70] [0.35,2.59] -- [0.49,3.53] [0.23,1.59] [0.23,0.86] [0.29,2.31]

*Adjusted for age (continuous), (data not shown).

*** = p-value<0.001, **= p-value <0.01, *= p-value<0.05.