Table 3.
Results of logistic regression of IPSV and empowerment indicators controlling for women’s socio-demographic factors and male partners’ controlling behaviors in Uganda (DHS 2011)
| Experienced intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) in the last 12 months preceding the survey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | ||||
| Variables | ORs | 95% CI | ORs | 95% CI | ORs | 95% CI |
| Woman decides on partner’s income alone or jointly (RC = No) | 0.633** | [0.47-0.86] | 0.743 | [0.53-1.04] | 0.774 | [0.55-1.08] |
| Beating justified if wife: | ||||||
| Neglects the children (RC = No) | 1.224 | [0.87-1.71] | 1.259 | [0.88-1.79] | 1.260 | [0.88-1.80] |
| Argues with husband (RC = No) | 1.247 | [0.86-1.80] | 1.016 | [0.69-1.50] | 0.945 | [0.63-1.41] |
| Burns the food (RC = No) | 1.195 | [0.79-1.81] | 1.094 | [0.70-1.71] | 1.051 | [0.67-1.65] |
| Husband/partner: | ||||||
| Jealous if woman talks with other men (RC = No) | 1.930** | [1.28-2.90] | 1.808** | [1.22-2.68] | ||
| Accuses respondent of unfaithfulness (RC = No) | 1.455 | [1.00-2.12] | 1.501* | [1.03-2.19] | ||
| Does not permit respondent to meet female friends (RC = No) | 1.530* | [1.03-2.27] | 1.630* | [1.11-2.39] | ||
| Tries to limit respondent’s contact with family (RC = No) | 1.815** | [1.16-2.83] | 1.725* | [1.11-2.67] | ||
| Insists on knowing where respondent is (RC = No) | 0.968 | [0.66-1.42] | 0.940 | [0.64-1.37] | ||
| Partner drinks alcohol (RC = No) | ||||||
| Yes, but never gets drunk | 0.294** | [0.13-0.66] | 0.313** | [0.14-0.71] | ||
| Yes, sometimes gets drunk | 0.688 | [0.46-1.04] | 0.717 | [0.47-1.10] | ||
| Yes, often gets drunk | 1.803** | [1.18-2.77] | 1.800** | [1.15-2.81] | ||
| Woman afraid of partner (RC = Never) | ||||||
| Sometimes | 1.819** | [1.25-2.65] | 1.777** | [1.21-2.60] | ||
| Often | 1.593* | [1.04-2.44] | 1.578* | [1.04-2.40] | ||
| Region (RC = Central) | ||||||
| Eastern | 1.051 | [0.65-1.69] | ||||
| Northern | 0.985 | [0.62-1.57] | ||||
| Western | 0.754 | [0.46-1.24] | ||||
| Women’s education level (RC = None) | ||||||
| Primary | 1.269 | [0.82-1.96] | ||||
| Secondary | 0.882 | [0.46-1.68] | ||||
| Woman’s father ever beat her mother (RC = No) | ||||||
| Yes | 1.347 | [0.96-1.88] | ||||
| Don’t know | 0.964 | [0.55-1.69] | ||||
| Age at first sex (RC = 18+ years) | ||||||
| <14 years | 0.949 | [0.59-1.54] | ||||
| 15-17 years | 1.159 | [0.78-1.73] | ||||
| Weighted sample | 1307 | 1307 | 1307 | |||
ORs = Odds Ratios; CI = Confidence Interval; RC = Reference Category; *p < 0.05- **p < 0.01- ***p < 0.001.