Table 2. Associations between exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and termination of exclusive breastfeeding before 6 months.
| Reported exposure during current relationship | Premature termination of exclusive breastfeeding (n = 577) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Unadjusted OR(95%CI) | *Adjusted OR(95%CI) | |||||
| At least one type of IPV | 326 | 1.56 | (1.24; | 1.98) | 1.61 | (1.26 ; | 2.05) |
| Emotional IPV | 297 | 1.57 | (1.23 ; | 2.00) | 1.61 | (1.26 ; | 2.07) |
| Physical IPV | 67 | 1.41 | (0.95 ; | 2.08) | 1.53 | (1.01 ; | 2.31) |
| Sexual IPV | 111 | 1.50 | (1.08 ; | 2.07) | 1.50 | (1.07 ; | 2.09) |
| All three types of IPV | 39 | 1.80 | (1.07 ; | 3.04) | 1.93 | (1.11 ; | 3.34) |
| Reported exposure during pregnancy | No. | Unadjusted (95%CI) | *Adjusted OR(95%CI) | ||||
| At least one type of IPV | 182 | 1.22 | (0.94 ; | 1.58) | 1.25 | (0.96 ; | 1.62) |
| Emotional IPV | 131 | 1.16 | (0.87 ; | 1.55) | 1.23 | (0.91 ; | 1.65) |
| Physical IPV | 42 | 1.47 | (0.90 ; | 2.40) | 1.68 | (1.00 ; | 2.82) |
| Sexual IPV | 97 | 1.38 | (0.99 ; | 1.94) | 1.35 | (0.96 ; | 1.91) |
| All three types of IPV | 23 | 2.59 | (1.18 ; | 5.66) | 2.87 | (1.27 ; | 6.46) |
Total sample size n = 1128. The reference category is women, who were not exposed to any kind of IPV (n = 552).
*Adjusted for maternal age, education, HIV status, alcohol use during pregnancy and parity