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. 2021 Jun 16;21:1160. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11183-z

Table 2.

Prevalence of experience of lifetime physical IPV among adolescent girls and young women by demographic, behavioural, social and health related variables, South Africa 2017

Variables Intimate partner violence (IPV)
Na % 95% CI p-value
Age groups in years
 15–19 224 14.2 6.9–27.1 0.766
 20–24 492 12.7 9.1–17.4
Race groups
 African 594 13.8 9.9–19.0 0.091
 other 122 7.7 4.1–14.0
Marital status
 Married 32 3.6 0.8–13.8 0.039
 Never married 681 13.7 10.0–18.6
Education level
 No education/Primary 34 17.0 6.7–36.8 0.194
 Secondary 356 17.8 12.5–24.5
 Tertiary 38 4.9 0.8–25.8
Employment status
 Not employed 616 13.8 9.9–19.0 0.223
 Employed 95 7.9 3.2–18.2
Asset based SESb
 Low SES 374 14.3 9.8–20.3 0.464
 HIGH SES 286 10.9 5.7–19.9
Locality type
 Urban 392 14.0 9.2–20.7 0.580
 Rural informal (tribal areas) 253 10.8 6.6–16.9
 Rural (farm areas) 71 14.8 7.1–28.2
AUDIT scorec
 abstainers 477 11.10 7.7–15.8 0.523
 low risk drinkers (1–7) 101 15.2 7.9–27.2
 high risk drinkers (8–19) 46 14.9 4.2–41.2
 hazardous drinkers (20+) 5 31.4 5.2–79.2
Orphanhood
 not orphan 188 18.0 9.2–32.3 0.037
 orphan 112 6.1 2.6–13.9
Psychological distress
 Absence 576 11.9 8.5–16.3 0.290
 Presence 137 17.9 8.8–32.9

aSubtotals do not all equal to the total (N) due to non-response and / or missing data, bsocio-economic status, (SES), calcohol risk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)