Table 2.
Descriptive analyses of maternal exposure to IPV and infant feeding practices, 3552 mother‐infant dyads in India*
| Outcomes | Any type of IPV † | Any physical or sexual IPV | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never (61.1%) | Ever (38.9%) | Rao–Scott χ2 P‐value ‡ | Never (63.8%) | Ever (36.2%) | Rao–Scott χ2 P‐value ‡ | ||
| Breastfed immediately after birth (within 1 h) (%) | 34.6 | 29.4 | 0.03 | 34.5 | 29.2 | 0.03 | 32.6 |
| Drank from a bottle with a nipple in the past 24 h (%) | 12.2 | 12.0 | 0.88 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 0.73 | 12.1 |
| Fed liquids in the prior 24 h (%) | 53.0 | 57.4 | 0.09 | 52.9 | 57.8 | 0.07 | 54.7 |
| Fed solids in the prior 24 h (%) | 6.6 | 7.4 | 0.48 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 0.22 | 6.9 |
| Exclusively breastfed in the prior 24 h (%) | 46.4 | 42.3 | 0.11 | 46.5 | 41.9 | 0.09 | 44.8 |
IPV, intimate partner violence. *Weighted values are shown. †Psychological, physical or sexual IPV. ‡Comparison between ever and never experiencing IPV, adjusted for sample design. Boldface indicates significant results (P < 0.05), italics indicate marginally significant results (P < 0.10).