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. 2020 Jun 26;20:1008. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09123-4

Table 3.

Association between explanatory variables and IPV

Variables Emotional IPV Sexual IPV Physical IPV Any IPV Total
% n % n % n % n
Age group
 15–24 34.8 679 20.5 400 33.6 655 49.3 962 1951
 25–34 40.6 1034 23.2 591 38.4 976 54.3 1383 2544
 35+ 46.6 1111 24.5 584 47.4 1131 62.7 1495 2384
Residence
 Urban 36.9 598 18.4 298 33.3 539 46.8 758 1620
 Rural 42.3 2226 24.3 1278 42.3 2223 58.6 3081 5259
Education
 No education 47.3 422 21.3 190 47.6 424 61.5 548 891
 Primary 44.3 1827 25.9 1066 44.5 1834 60.6 2500 4125
 Secondary+ 30.9 575 17.1 319 27.0 504 42.5 792 1864
Partner’s education
 No education 42.3 213 18.9 95 40.5 204 56.6 285 504
 Primary 42.3 1264 24.4 730 43.5 1300 59.7 1784 2990
 Secondary+ 31.1 669 17.2 369 27.8 597 43.4 932 2149
Region
 Central 32.3 624 18.4 354 31.2 602 44.9 866 1928
 Eastern 39.6 726 28.9 530 41.4 758 58.1 1065 1833
 Northern 44.5 616 17.8 247 49.2 681 61.3 848 1384
 Western 49.6 859 25.7 445 41.5 720 61.1 1060 1734
Wealth status
 Poorest 47.6 634 23.1 308 52.3 698 65.9 879 1334
 poorer 42.5 595 26.0 365 44.9 629 59.8 837 1400
 Middle 44.4 599 25.4 342 41.3 557 59.3 801 1349
 Richer 40.7 528 25.0 324 37.2 482 55.5 719 1296
 Richest 31.2 469 15.8 236 26.4 396 40.3 604 1500
Age difference between woman and partner
 Wife older 40.1 128 21.5 68 38.4 122 56.8 180 318
 0–5 age gap 37.7 1054 21.9 611 38.0 1062 53.3 1490 2793
 6+ age gap 38.1 964 20.4 515 36.2 917 52.6 1331 2531
Economic empowerment status
 Not empowered 34.8 339 23.7 232 35.5 346 52.3 510 979
 Empowered 42.1 2485 22.8 1344 40.9 2416 56.4 3329 5903
Partner controlling behaviors
 No 16.4 322 7.6 149 19.6 384 28.9 567 1965
 Yes 50.9 2502 29.0 1426 48.4 2377 66.6 3272 4914
Partner drinks alcohol
 No 31.7 1239 18.5 724 29.3 1146 45.3 1770 3906
 Yes 53.3 1585 28.6 851 54.3 1616 69.6 2070 2973
Frequency of partner being drunk
 Never gets drunk 31.6 1337 18.4 777 29.3 1240 45.1 1906 4231
 Often 70.4 760 37.7 406 74.5 804 83.8 905 1079
 Sometimes 46.4 727 25.0 392 45.7 718 65.6 1028 1569
Witnessing parental violence
 No 35.1 1547 18.4 811 33.9 1494 48.9 2153 4403
 Yes 51.6 1277 30.9 764 51.2 1267 68.1 1686 2476
Duration of relationship in years
 0–4 732 1750
 5–9 42.1 607 24.8 358 40.5 585 55.9 807 1444
 10–14 45.5 475 25.1 263 43.1 450 60.2 629 1044
 15–19 43.9 431 24.7 243 42.6 419 58.7 578 984
 20+ 49.1 814 25.1 416 51.4 852 66.0 1094 1657
Number of co-wives
 None 36.1 1511 20.3 851 35.1 1471 51.1 2137 4187
 One or more co-wives 43.5 643 23.4 344 43.3 630 59.4 864 1456
Age at first marriage
 Below 18 years 45.2 1490 23.3 770 45.8 1512 60.3 1991 3299
 18+ years 37.3 1334 22.5 805 34.9 1250 51.7 1849 3580
Parity
 None 23.6 92 15.4 60 18.0 70 34.9 135 388
 1–4 38.7 1471 21.1 802 37.0 1405 52.3 1987 3796
 5+ 46.8 1262 26.5 714 47.8 1287 63.7 1718 2695
Total 41.1 2824 22.9 1575 40.2 2762 55.8 3839 6879