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. 2017 Sep 5;14(9):e1002381. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002381

Table 3. Prevalence and distribution of factors associated with women’s past-year experience of sexual or physical intimate partner violence (N = 2,765).

Total N n Risk factor prevalence Risk factor prevalence Crude OR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)
Age 2,763
18–24 years 450 16.8 13.9
25–34 years 1,002 36.3 36 1.20 (0.87–1.66) 1.00 (0.66–1.50)
35–49 years 1,311 46.9 50.1 1.29 (0.93–1.78) 1.26 (0.83–1.90)
Education 2,762
None 195 6.9 8.0
Incomplete primary 404 13.6 19.5 1.22 (0.78–1.91) 0.97 (0.57–1.66)
Complete primary 482 16.7 21.3 1.09 (0.69–1.73) 0.99 (0.59–1.68)
Incomplete secondary 1,079 41.1 28.9 0.60 (0.38–0.95) 0.99 (0.57–1.71)
Complete secondary/higher 602 21.7 22.3 0.88 (0.55–1.42) 0.84 (0.44–1.58)
Present food insecurity 2,713 941 31.3 51.4 2.32 (1.80–3.00) **
Resource mobilisation problems 2,717 1,519 54.1 64.8 1.56 (1.24–1.98) **
Overall wealth score (mean [SD]) 2,722 6.0 (1.5) 5.5 (1.5) 0.82 (0.76–0.88) 0.88 (0.80–0.97)
Currently married 2,763 2,432 87.4 90.9 1.43 (1.01–2.03) 2.45 (1.37–4.38)
Source of income 2,759
Woman 293 9.7 15.3
Her partner 1,109 40.7 37.5 0.58 (0.41–0.83) 0.83 (0.49–1.41)
Both equally 1,013 36.4 38.3 0.67 (0.49–0.92) 1.11 (0.69–1.78)
Parents/others 344 13.2 8.9 0.43 (0.27–0.69) 0.74 (0.39–1.40)
Victimisation
Sexually abused as child 2,728 208 5.9 16.1 3.06 (2.23–4.21) 2.18 (1.46–3.26)
Physically abused as child 2,733 830 26.3 50.4 2.85 (2.25–3.62) 1.48 (1.11–1.97)
Emotionally abused as child 2,714 1,531 52.4 76 2.87 (2.26–3.64) 1.88 (1.41–2.51)
Witnessed abuse of mother 2,728 775 24.6 47 2.71 (2.14–3.42) 1.24 (0.96–1.60)
Partner characteristics
Earning disparity 2,093
Same 680 32.4 32.8 *
Man earns more 710 35.9 25.1 0.69 (0.52–0.92)
Woman earns more 703 31.7 42.1 1.31 (0.98–1.76)
Partner alcohol use 2,594
Never 971 39.6 26.8
Occasional 1,029 39.1 42.7 1.62 (1.24–2.11) 1.50 (1.10–2.03)
Daily or weekly 594 21.4 30.5 2.11 (1.63–2.73) 1.53 (1.12–2.08)
Partner drug use 2,735
None 2,467 91.8 82.4
Prior 110 3.6 6.1 1.88 (1.21–2.92) 0.85 (0.49–1.45)
Past year 158 4.6 11.5 2.78 (1.83–4.23) 1.67 (1.06–2.62)
Not confident in partner fidelity 2,702 1,014 35.1 49.5 1.81 (1.47–2.23) 1.36 (1.05–1.77)
Partner unemployed 2,717 701 22.8 40.4 2.30 (1.82–2.89) 1.18 (0.85–1.62)
Woman’s control in the relationship 2,739
High 596 22.0 20.6
Medium 1,786 67.1 55.7 0.89 (0.67–1.17) 0.92 (0.67–1.28)
Low 357 10.9 23.6 2.32 (1.64–3.27) 1.76 (1.15–2.69)
Woman’s gender attitudes and relationship practices
Frequency of quarrelling 2,715
Rarely 998 44.7 36.9
Sometimes 1,143 51.1 42.5 1.01 (0.78–1.31) 1.36 (1.01–1.83)
Often 166 4.1 20.7 6.04 (4.28–8.54) 5.03 (3.17–7.99)
Cambodia 408
Gender equity 2,763
High 416 16 10.4
Medium 1,632 58.8 60.5 1.58 (1.13–2.21) 0.77 (0.49–1.21)
Low 715 25.2 29.1 1.77 (1.50–2.60) 0.71 (0.41–1.23)

aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

Item not asked in Cambodia;

* not included in the adjusted model due to high level of missing data;

** not included in the adjusted model, used ‘overall wealth score.’