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. 2016 Mar 10;16:16. doi: 10.1186/s12905-016-0294-6

Table 6.

Factors associated with intimate partner violence during pregnancy among currently married women aged 15–49, Abay Chomen District, Western Ethiopia, April 2014 (n = 282)

Variable Intimate partner violence during pregnancy
Yes Yes (%) No (%) COR (95 % CI) AOR (95 % CI)
Husband education Illiterate 56 (52.8) 50 (47.2) 1.7 [1,2.8] 0.5 [0.2.0.9]
Literate 69 (39.4) 106 (60.6) 1 1
Live with husband family Yes 49 (35.8) 88 (64.2) 0.49 [0.3,0.8] 1.7 [0.9,3.1]
No 76 (52.8) 68 (47.2) 1 1
Dowry impact Positive 68 (33.2) 137 (66.8) 0.17 [0.09,0.3] 8.7 [4.2.17.9]
Not positive 125 (44.3) 20 (26) 1
To whom they talk violence Yes 102 (42.3) 139 (57.7) 0.5 [0.2,1] 0 [0,∞]
No 23 (59) 16 (41) 1 1
Batter seen during childhood Yes 82 (55.4) 66 (44.6) 2.6 [1.5,4.2] 1.6 [0.93,3.1]
No 43 (32.3) 90 (67.7) 1 1
Pregnant women supporting batter during pregnancy Yes 21 (65.6) 11 (34.4) 2.6 [1.2,5.77] 0.4 [0.16.,1]
No 103 (41.7) 144 (58.3) 1 1
Money provision of partner Yes 115 (46) 135 (54) 0.53 [0.24,1.1] 1.9 [0.77,4.7]
No 10 (32.3) 21 (67.7) 1 1
Marriage frequency First 108 (43) 143 (57) 0.57 [0.26,1.2] 1.1 [0.45,2.9]
Other 17 (56.7) 13 (43.3) 1 1
Marriage Ceremony No 28 (29.5) 67 (70.5) 0.38 [0.22,0.64] 4.1 [2,8.2]
Yes 97 (52.2) 89 (47.8) 0
Husband age 18–24 8 (32) 17 (68) 0.29 [0.08,0.97] 0.47 [0.11,1.9]
25–34 69 (43.9) 88 (56.1) 0.48 [0.18,1.2] 0.46 [0.15,1.3]
35–49 35 (44.3) 44 (55.7) 0.49 [0.18,1.3] 0.48 [0.15,1.5]
> = 50 13 (61.9) 8 (38.1) 1 1