Table 1. Socio-demographic background and prevalence of exposure to at least one type of violence during pregnancy.
| Any Violence (Emotional or physical or sexual violence) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of women who were not exposed to IPV (%) | Number of women who were exposed to IPV (%) | Number of women (% of total) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| - 17–19 | 41 (5) | 34 (7.5) | 75 (5.9) |
| - 20–29 | 578 (70.1) | 316 (69.9) | 894 (70.1) |
| - 30–34 | 143 (17.4) | 81 (17.9) | 224 (17.5) |
| - ≥ 35 | 62 (7.5) | 21 (4.7) | 83 (6.5) |
| Education | |||
| - Less than high school | 149 (18.1) | 102 (22.6) | 251 (19.7) |
| - High school | 297 (36) | 172 (38.0) | 469 (36.7) |
| - Above high school | 378 (45.9) | 178 (39.4) | 556 (43.6) |
| Occupation | |||
| - Employee | 305 (37) | 107 (23.7) | 412 (32.3) |
| - Worker | 209 (25.4) | 137 (30.3) | 346 (27.1) |
| - Farmer | 95 (11.5) | 73 (16.1) | 168 (13.2) |
| - Other | 215 (26.1) | 135 (29.9) | 350 (27.4) |
| Anaemia | |||
| - No (Hb ≥ 110 g/ml) | 627 (76.1) | 330 (73.0) | 957 (75) |
| - Yes (Hb < 110 g/ml) | 197 (23.9) | 122 (27) | 319 (25) |
| BMI | |||
| - BMI < 18.5 | 154 (18.7) | 74 (16.4) | 228 (17.9) |
| - 18.5–24.9 | 625 (75.8) | 355 (78.5) | 680 (76.8) |
| - BMI≥ 25 | 45 (5.5) | 23 (5.1) | 68 (5.3) |
| Smoking during pregnacy | |||
| - No | 818 (99.3) | 448 (99.1) | 1266 (99.2) |
| - Yes | 6 (0.7) | 4 (0.9) | 10 (0.8) |
| Drinking Alcohol/Beer during pregnacy | |||
| - No | 772 (93.7) | 424 (93.8) | 1196 (93.7) |
| - Yes | 52 (6.3) | 28 (6.2) | 80 (6.3) |
| Economic status | |||
| - Quintile 1 | 265 (32.2) | 182 (40.3) | 447 (35) |
| - Quintile 2 | 427 (51.8) | 213 (47.1) | 640 (50.2) |
| - Quintile 3 | 132 (16) | 57 (12.6) | 189 (14.8) |
| Previous preterm birth | |||
| - No | 804 (97.6) | 438 (96.9) | 1242 (97.3) |
| - Yes | 20 (2.4) | 14 (3.1) | 34 (2.7) |
| Previous low birth weight | |||
| - No | 811 (98.4) | 434 (96) | 1245 (97.6) |
| - Yes | 13 (1.6) | 18 (4) | 31 (2.4) |
| Miscarriages | |||
| - No | 719 (87.3) | 389 (86.1) | 1108 (86.8) |
| - Yes | 105 (12.7) | 63 (13.9) | 168 (13.2) |
| Still birth | |||
| - No | 741 (89.9) | 411 (90.9) | 1152 (90.3) |
| - Yes | 83 (10.1) | 41 (9.1) | 124 (9.7) |
| Low birth weight | |||
| - No | 789 (95.8) | 425 (94) | 1214 (95.1) |
| - Yes | 35 (4.2) | 27 (6) | 62 (4.9) |
| Preterm birth | |||
| - No | 773 (93.8) | 424 (93.8) | 1197 (93.8) |
| - Yes | 51 (6.2) | 28 (6.2) | 79 (6.2) |
| Total | 824 (100) | 452 (100) | 1276 (100) |