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. 2018 Jul 25;3(4):e000773. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000773

Table 4.

Lifetime IPV and NPV perpetration among men in Somalia (n=2257)

Variable Lifetime IPV perpetration Lifetime NPV perpetration
PrR P values 95% CI adj. PrR P values 95% CI PrR P values 95% CI adj. PrR P values 95% CI
Age 0.99 0.006 0.98 to 1.00 0.99 0.286 0.97 to 1.00 1.00 0.844 0.99 to 1.01 1.00 0.788 0.98 to 1.01
Minority clan or not in a clan (ref: majority) 1.45 0.001 1.17 to 1.80 1.25 0.510 1.00 to 1.57 2.17 <0.001 1.62 to 2.90 1.78 0.006 1.18 to 2.68
History of migration or displacement (ref: no) 1.45 0.006 1.12 to 1.89 1.12 0.430 0.85 to 1.48 NS NS NS NS NS NS
Internally displaced (ref: no) NS NS NS NS NS NS 2.50 <0.001 1.89 to 3.31 1.56 0.025 1.06 to 2.31
Enough money to meet basic needs for none to 1/2 of month (ref: more than half to all of the month) 1.43 0.016 1.07 to 1.92 1.09 0.605 0.79 to 1.48 1.99 0.002 1.29 to 3.08 1.18 0.553 0.69 to 2.01
Currently uses khat (ref: no) 1.92 <0.001 1.55 to 2.40 1.54 <0.001 1.22 to 1.96 2.34 <0.001 1.65 to 3.32 1.93 <0.001 1.36 to 2.75
Any physical or sexual abuse in childhood (ref: no) 2.71 <0.001 2.21 to 3.34 2.35 <0.001 1.84 to 3.02 4.37 <0.001 3.28 to 5.81 2.62 <0.001 1.79 to 3.84
In polygamous marriage 1.37 0.013 1.07 to 1.75 1.1 0.479 0.84 to 1.44 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wife aged<=15 years. when married (ref: no) 1.69 0.000 1.32 to 2.16 1.37 0.013 1.07 to 1.75 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Current/most recent partner uses khat (ref: no) 1.81 0.049 1.00 to 3.28 1.14 0.642 0.64 to 2.05 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

adj. PrR, adjusted prevalence ratio; IPV, intimate partner violence; N/A, not applicable; NPV, non-partner violence; NS, not statistically significant; PrR, prevalence ratio; Ref, reference category.