Table 4.
Relationship between food insecurity, physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence (NPSV) experience among women
| Experienced physical IPV in the past year |
Experienced NPSV in the past year |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
All
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Study
|
Food insecurity
|
n
|
n (%)*
|
n (%)*
|
P-value
|
aIRR (95% CI)†
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
P-value
|
aIRR (95% CI)†
|
| SSCF | None/little |
144 |
83 (57.6) |
61 (42.4) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
109 (75.7) |
35 (24.3) |
0.027 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
163 |
63 (38.7) |
100 (61.4) |
|
1.39 (1.01 to 1.91) |
105 (64.4) |
58 (35.6) |
|
1.37 (0.89 to 2.09) |
|
|
|
Severe |
370 |
128 (34.6) |
242 (65.4) |
|
1.45 (1.09 to 1.93) |
235 (63.5) |
135 (36.5) |
|
1.25 (0.86 to 1.83) |
| Ghana | None/little |
1536 |
1335 (86.9) |
201 (13.1) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
1496 (97.4) |
40 (2.6) |
0.304 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
208 |
170 (81.7) |
38 (18.3) |
|
1.29 (0.91 to 1.82) |
200 (96.1) |
8 (3.9) |
|
1.32 (0.62 to 2.83) |
|
|
|
Severe |
133 |
82 (61.7) |
51 (38.4) |
|
2.15 (1.56 to 2.96) |
127 (95.5) |
6 (4.5) |
|
1.18 (0.48 to 2.88) |
| Rwanda Couples | None/little |
327 |
230 (70.3) |
97 (29.7) |
0.002 |
Ref. |
|
|
|
|
| Moderate |
702 |
430 (61.3) |
272 (38.8) |
|
1.31 (1.04 to 1.65) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severe |
631 |
371 (58.8) |
260 (41.2) |
|
1.39 (1.10 to 1.76) |
|
|
|
|
| Rwanda community | None/little |
259 |
176 (68.0) |
83 (32.1) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
|
|
|
|
| Moderate |
621 |
340 (54.8) |
281 (45.3) |
|
1.42 (1.11 to 1.81) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severe |
519 |
250 (48.2) |
269 (51.8) |
|
1.62 (1.26 to 2.07) |
|
|
|
|
| WFWI | None/little |
567 |
484 (85.4) |
83 (14.6) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
|
|
|
|
| Moderate |
134 |
90 (67.2) |
44 (32.8) |
|
1.86 (1.27 to 2.73) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severe |
231 |
142 (61.5) |
89 (38.5) |
|
2.39 (1.76 to 3.25) |
|
|
|
|
| Overall | None/little |
2833 |
2308 (81.5) |
525 (18.5) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
1605 (95.5) |
75 (4.5) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
1828 |
1093 (59.8) |
735 (40.2) |
|
1.40 (1.23 to 1.60) |
305 (82.2) |
66 (17.8) |
|
1.36 (0.94 to 1.96) |
|
| Severe | 1884 | 973 (51.6) | 911 (48.4) | 1.73 (1.41 to 2.12) | 362 (72.0) | 141 (28.0) | 1.24 (0.88 to 1.76) | |||
SSCF – Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention, IPV – intimate partner violence, NPSV – non-partner sexual violence, aIRR – adjusted incidence rate ratio, CI – confidence interval, WFWI – Women for Women International
*n (%): row percentage.
†aIRR (95% CI): adjusted for participant's age and childhood trauma experience.