Table 1. Distribution of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victims and women with miscarriages, stillbirths and abortions (MSA) by sociodemographic factors (categorical and continuous), among women aged 15–49 years from the data obtained from BDHS 2007.
| Sociodemographic variables | Group | N (%) of all study participants | N (%) of women subject to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) | N (%) of women with Miscarriages, Stillbirths and Abortions (MSA) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
| Residence | Urban | 1457 (37.2) | 353 (24.2) | 1104 (75.8) | 277 (19.0) | 1180 (81.0) |
| Rural | 2463 (62.8) | 682 (27.7) | 1781 (72.3) | 542 (22.0) | 1921 (78.0) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.04 | 0.03 | ||||
| p-value | 0.017 | 0.026 | ||||
| Age of respondents (mean [SD]) | 31.6 (8.6) | |||||
| Education | No Education | 1400 (35.7) | 424 (30.3) | 976 (69.7) | 316 (22.6) | 1084 (77.4) |
| Primary | 1204 (30.7) | 317 (26.3) | 887 (73.7) | 294 (24.4) | 910 (75.6) | |
| Secondary | 1060 (27.0) | 255 (24.1) | 805 (75.9) | 174 (16.4) | 886 (83.6) | |
| Higher | 256 (6.6) | 39 (15.2) | 217 (84.8) | 35 (13.7) | 221 (86.3) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.09 | 0.09 | ||||
| p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Age of respondents at first birth (mean [SD)] | 17.8 (3.1) | |||||
| Sex of Household Head | Male | 3490 (89.0) | 899 (25.8) | 2591 (74.2) | 726 (20.8) | 2764 (79.2) |
| Female | 430 (11.0) | 136 (31.6) | 294 (68.4) | 93 (21.6) | 337 (78.4) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.04 | 0.01 | ||||
| p-value | 0.009 | 0.691 | ||||
| Wealth Index | Poorest | 739 (18.9) | 270 (36.5) | 469 (63.5) | 180 (24.4) | 559 (75.6) |
| Poorer | 772 (19.7) | 242 (31.3) | 530 (68.7) | 160 (20.7) | 612 (79.3) | |
| Middle | 732 (18.7) | 201 (27.5) | 531 (72.5) | 165 (22.5) | 567 (77.5) | |
| Richer | 740 (18.9) | 182 (24.6) | 558 (75.4) | 149 (20.1) | 591 (79.9) | |
| Richest | 937 (23.9) | 140 (14.9) | 797 (85.1) | 165 (17.6) | 772 (82.4) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.17 | 0.06 | ||||
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.012 | ||||
| Husband’s Education | No Education | 1400 (35.7) | 444 (31.7) | 956 (68.3) | 314 (22.4) | 1086 (77.6) |
| Primary | 1072 (27.4) | 297 (27.7) | 775 (72.3) | 214 (20.0) | 858 (80.0) | |
| Secondary | 949 (24.2) | 222 (23.4) | 727 (76.6) | 206 (21.7) | 743 (78.3) | |
| Higher | 499 (12.7) | 72 (14.4) | 427 (85.6) | 85 (17.0) | 414 (83.0) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.13 | 0.04 | ||||
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.059 | ||||
| Current Work Status of Respondent | Not Working | 2665 (68.0) | 646 (24.2) | 2019 (75.8) | 567 (21.4) | 2098 (78.6) |
| Working | 1255 (32.0) | 389 (31.0) | 866 (69.0) | 252 (20.1) | 1003 (79.9) | |
| Cramer’s V | 0.07 | 0.01 | ||||
| p-value | <0.001 | 0.390 | ||||
| Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) | No | 2885 (73.6) | 569 (19.7) | 2316 (80.3) | ||
| Yes | 1035 (26.4) | 250 (24.2) | 785 (75.8) | |||
| Cramer’s V | 0.05 | |||||
| p-value | 0.003 | |||||
| Total sample size | 3920 | |||||