Table 3.
Factors associated with prevalence of intimate partner violence against reproductive age, Aksum town, 2020 (n = 682)
| Variables | IPVAW | COR | 95% C.I. for EXP(B) | AOR | 95% C.I. for EXP(B) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) | Yes (%) | Sig | Exp(B) | Lower | Upper | Sig | Exp(B) | Lower | Upper | ||
| Women’s age | |||||||||||
| Less than 30 | 335 (65.2%) | 96 (57.1%) | .063 | 1.972 | .963 | 4.040 | .000 ** | 23.045 | 5.627 | 94.377 | |
| 31–40 | 156 (30.4%) | 59 (35.1%) | .148 | 1.320 | .906 | 1.922 | .000 ** | 3.690 | 1.939 | 7.023 | |
| Above 40 | 23 (4.5%) | 13 (7.7%) | 1 | ||||||||
| Women’s level of education | |||||||||||
| Uneducated | 176 (34.2%) | 60 (35.7%) | .007 | 3.166 | 1.376 | 7.281 | .011 ** | .450 | .244 | .832 | |
| Primary | 133 (25.9%) | 50 (29.8%) | .004 | 3.491 | 1.500 | 8.125 | .627 | .860 | .469 | 1.579 | |
| Secondary | 140 (27.2%) | 51 (30.4%) | .005 | 3.383 | 1.456 | 7.859 | .526 | .744 | .298 | 1.856 | |
| College or university | 65 (12.6%) | 7 (4.2%) | 1 | ||||||||
| Women’s occupation | |||||||||||
| Housewife | 109 (21.2%) | 105 (62.5%) | .000 | .161 | .111 | .235 | .000 ** | 18.062 | 10.088 | 32.342 | |
| Employed | 405 (78.8%) | 63 (37.5%) | 1 | ||||||||
| Types of marriage | |||||||||||
| Arranged | 145 (28.2%) | 71 (42.2%) | .001 | .537 | .374 | .771 | .000 ** | 2.535 | 1.572 | 4.087 | |
| Love marriage | 369 (71.8%) | 97 (57.7%) | 1 | ||||||||
| Husband’s age | |||||||||||
| Less than 30 | 47 (9.1%) | 25 (14.9%) | .939 | .985 | .673 | 1.442 | .727 | .827 | .284 | 2.406 | |
| 31–40 | 276 (53.7%) | 84 (50.0%) | .060 | 1.722 | .977 | 3.033 | .043 ** | 2.212 | 1.024 | 4.777 | |
| Above 40 | 191 (37.2%) | 59 (35.1%) | 1 | ||||||||
| Husband behavior | |||||||||||
| Drink alcohol | No | 182 (35.4%) | 72 (42.9%) | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 332 (64.6%) | 96 (57.1%) | .084 | .731 | .512 | 1.042 | .247 | .774 | .501 | 1.194 | |
| Aggressive | No | 318 (61.9%) | 90 (53.6%) | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 196 (38.1%) | 78 (46.4%) | .057 | 1.406 | .989 | 1.999 | .239 | 1.313 | .834 | 2.066 | |
| Husband’s levels of education | |||||||||||
| Uneducated | 113 (21.9%) | 56 (33.3%) | .547 | .846 | .491 | .596 | .150 | .544 | .237 | 1.247 | |
| Primary | 247 (48%) | 73 (43.4%) | .014 | 1.677 | 1.109 | .150 | .507 | 1.241 | .656 | 2.345 | |
| Secondary | 84 (16.3%) | 21 (12.5%) | .638 | .870 | .487 | .507 | .596 | .830 | .417 | 1.653 | |
| College or university | 70 (13.6) | 18 (10.9%) | 1 | ||||||||
Key: **- Significant, if COR- crud odd ratio (95% CI, p < 0.25) and AOR-adjusted odd ratio (95% CI, p < 0.05)
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