Table 4. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factor associated with intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Debre Markos town, North West Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 409).

Variables	Intimate partner violence		COR	95%CI	AOR (95%CI)
	Yes	No
Age of women
17–26	69	144	0.47	0.31–0.70	0.21(0.09–0.49)**
27–46	99	97	1
Residence
Rural	70	46	3.03	1.94–4.72	4.04(1.17–13.93)*
Urban		98	195	1
Educational status of women
Uneducated	68	60	2.05	1.34–3.14	0.53(0.21–1.29)
Educated	100	181	1
Educational status of partner’s
Uneducated	73	50	2.94	1.90–4.54	3.26(1.45–7.36)*
Educated	95	191	1
Occupational status of women
House wife	74	114	1
Farmer	46	29	2.44	1.41–4.23	0.27(0.04–1.83)
Private and Gov’t employee	31	66	0.72	0.43–1.21	0.37(0.04–3.04)
Merchant	11	24	0.71	0.33–1.53	0.32(0.04–2.46)
Occupational status of partner’s
Farmer	61	46	1
Private employee	36	57	0.48	0.27–0.84	0.57(0.09–3.70)
Gov’t employee	38	84	0.34	0.20–0.86	2.41(0.51–11.38)
Merchant	25	41	0.46	0.25–0.86	2.87(0.53–15.51)
Who choose her husband
Both	37	80	1
My self	37	57	1.40	0.80–2.48	3.26(1.24–8.57)*
My family	90	96	2.03	1.25–3.29	1.84(0.71–4.75)
Frequency of alcohol drinking by partner
Daily	57	35	3.48	1.80–6.72	4.79(2.08–11.04)*
1–2 times/week	42	51	1.76	0.92–3.37	2.30(1.05–5.05)*
≤3 times/month	22	47	1
Had other wife
Yes	47	52	1.41	0.90–2.23	1.14(0.50–2.56)
No	121	189	1
Had other child
Yes	36	27	2.16	1.26–3.73	1.74(0.68–4.44)
No	132	214	1
Gravidity
Primi gravida	73	121	0.76	0.51–1.13	2.66(0.52–13.62)
Multi gravida	95	120	1
Parity
Nulliparous	77	128	0.75	0.50–1.10	0.88(0.18–4.35)
Multiparous	91	113	1
First ANC initiation
First trimester	66	145	0.43	0.29–0.64	0.44(0.24–0.81)*
Second trimester and above	102	96	1
Desire of pregnancy by women
No	30	30	1.53	0.29–0.64	1.03(0.44–2.43)
Yes	138	211	1

ANC = Antenatal Care, COR = Crude odds ratio, AOR = Adjusted odds ratio, CI = Confidence interval, 1 = reference category.

** P ≤0.001

*p<0.05