TABLE 3.

Characteristics and experiences of the women by tertiles of the stigma scale

				Bivariable multinomial logistic regression, base = low
	Low	Mid	High	Mid vs. low			High vs. low
	Mean/%	Mean/%	Mean/%	RRR	95% CI	p value	RRR	95% CI	p value
Age (mean)	24.8	25.1	25.1	0.008	−0.022, 0.038	0.583	0.008	−0.025, 0.042	0.629
Education: matric or post‐matric	59.9	57.7	51.8	0.92	0.66, 1.27	0.595	0.72	0.50, 1.04	0.077
Employed	28.2	26.6	23.9	0.92	0.65, 1.32	0.652	0.80	0.53, 1.20	0.284
Living area
Urban–formal	60.9	68.0	65.0	1.00			1.00
Urban–informal	21.9	19.5	19.4	0.80	0.53, 1.19	0.272	0.83	0.52, 1.31	0.427
Rural	17.2	12.6	15.7	0.66	0.42, 1.04	0.074	0.85	0.52, 1.41	0.541
Sometimes or often goes without food	14.7	18.2	29.0	1.29	0.84, 1.99	0.25	2.37	1.51, 3.72	<0.0001
Relationship status
No relationship	21.6	19.0	24.3	1.00			1.00
Married or cohabiting	6.6	8.7	8.1	1.51	0.76, 2.99	0.242	1.10	0.51, 2.35	0.81
Partner but not cohabiting	71.8	72.4	67.6	1.15	0.77, 1.71	0.496	0.84	0.54, 1.29	0.417
Low social support scale	24.7	25.7	26.0	1.04	1.01, 1.07	0.015	1.050	1.01, 1.09	0.006
IPV
Emotional IPV score	9.8	10.7	40.2	1.04	1.00, 1.07	0.037	1.07	1.03, 1.11	<0.0001
Economic IPV score	4.6	4.8	19.4	1.05	0.962, 1.15	0.261	1.13	1.03, 1.24	0.008
Physical IPV score	7.4	7.7	27.4	1.02	0.97, 1.06	0.456	1.06	1.01, 1.10	0.013
Sexual IPV score	4.8	4.8	19.4	1.000	−0.086, 0.077	0.911	1.08	0.99, 1.17	0.07
Child abuse	15.6	16.9	17.7	1.160	1.09, 1.24	<0.0001	1.210	1.14, 1.30	<0.0001
Prior exposure to trauma	1.7	2.2	2.2	1.160	1.06, 1.28	0.002	1.180	1.06, 1.31	0.002
Non‐partner sexual violence score	4.5	4.5	4.7	0.990	0.85, 1.17	0.926	1.120	0.95, 1.32	0.173
Gender attitudes (high = progressive)	29.6	29.1	29	0.970	0.93, 1.01	0.133	0.95	0.91, 1.00	0.069