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. 2020 Oct 28;12:911–925. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S272419

Table 4.

Association Between Domains of Domestic Violence and Birth Outcomes

Variables Low Birth Weight Pre-Term Birth Caesarean Section Miscarriage
No Yes P-value No Yes P-value No Yes P-value No Yes P-value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Emotional lifelong domestic violence 90 (87.4) 13 (12.6) 0.623 96 (94.1) 6 (5.9) 0.161 85 (83.3) 17 (16.7) 0.592 109 (98.2) 2 (1.8) 0.567
Emotional domestic violence one year before pregnancy 17 (81.0) 4 (19.0) 0.459 21 (100) 0 (0) 0.341 19 (90.5) 2 (9.5) 0.513 22 (100) 0 (0) 1.000
Emotional domestic violence during the current pregnancy 11 (84.6) 2 (15.4) 0.667 13 (100) 0 (0) 1.000 11 (84.6) 2 (15.4) 1.000 14 (100) 0 (0) 1.000
Physical lifelong domestic violence 68 (81.9) 15 (18.1) 0.066 76 (91.6) 7 (8.4) 0.705 64 (77.1) 19 (22.9) 0.377 88 (100) 0 (0) 0.105
Physical domestic violence one year before pregnancy 8 (80.0) 2 (20.0) 1.000 10 (100) 0 (0) 0.59 8 (80.0) 2 (20.0) 1.000 10 (100) _ _
Physical domestic violence during the current pregnancy 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3) 0.455 3 (100) 0 (0) 1.000 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3) 0.547 3 (100) _ _

Note: Statistical test: Fisher’s Exact Test.