Table 5.
Relationship between food insecurity and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence (NPSV) perpetration among men
| Physical IPV perpetration in the past year |
NPSV perpetration in the past year |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
|
||
|
Study
|
Food insecurity level
|
n
|
n (%)*
|
n (%)*
|
P-value
|
aIRR (95% CI)†
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
P-value
|
aIRR (95% CI)†
|
| SSCF | None/little |
137 |
76 (55.5) |
61 (44.5) |
0.233 |
Ref. |
85 (62.0) |
52 (38.0) |
0.831 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
179 |
82 (45.8) |
97 (54.2) |
|
1.13 (0.82 to 1.56) |
106 (59.2) |
73 (40.8) |
|
0.97 (0.67 to 1.40) |
|
|
|
Severe |
355 |
176 (49.6) |
179 (50.4) |
|
0.97 (0.72 to 1.31) |
219 (61.7) |
136 (38.3) |
|
0.82 (0.59 to 1.14) |
| Ghana | None/little |
1621 |
1441 (88.9) |
180 (11.1) |
0.05 |
Ref. |
1466 (90.4) |
155 (9.6) |
0.495 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
232 |
194 (83.6) |
38 (16.4) |
|
1.14 (0.79 to 1.63) |
205 (88.4) |
27 (11.6) |
|
0.98 (0.64 to 1.49) |
|
|
|
Severe |
120 |
103 (85.8) |
17 (14.2) |
|
1.34 (0.81 to 2.2) |
106 (88.3) |
14 (11.7) |
|
1.33 (0.77 to 2.31) |
| Rwanda Couples | None/little |
369 |
298 (80.8) |
71 (19.2) |
0.025 |
Ref. |
|
|
|
|
| Moderate |
729 |
545 (74.8) |
184 (25.2) |
|
1.30 (0.99 to 1.71) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severe |
547 |
400 (73.1) |
147 (26.9) |
|
1.38 (1.04 to 1.83) |
|
|
|
|
| Rwanda community | None/little |
222 |
178 (80.2) |
44 (19.8) |
0.027 |
Ref. |
|
|
|
|
| Moderate |
595 |
440 (74.0) |
155 (26.1) |
|
1.30 (0.93 to 1.81) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severe |
573 |
406 (70.9) |
167 (29.1) |
|
1.44 (1.03 to 2.01) |
|
|
|
|
| Sonke | None/little |
1208 |
805 (66.6) |
403 (33.4) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
842 (69.6) |
367 (30.4) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
536 |
272 (50.8) |
264 (49.3) |
|
1.27 (1.08 to 1.49) |
308 (57.5) |
228 (42.5) |
|
1.14 (0.96 to 1.35) |
|
|
|
Severe |
648 |
365 (56.3) |
283 (43.7) |
|
1.09 (0.93 to 1.28) |
407 (63.1) |
238 (36.9) |
|
0.96 (0.80 to 1.14) |
| Overall | None/little |
3557 |
2798 (78.7) |
759 (21.3) |
|
Ref. |
2393 (80.7) |
574 (19.3) |
<0.001 |
Ref. |
| Moderate |
2271 |
1533 (67.5) |
738 (32.5) |
|
1.24 (1.11 to 1.39) |
619 (65.4) |
328 (34.6) |
|
1.09 (0.94 to 1.26) |
|
| Severe | 2243 | 1450 (64.6) | 793 (35.4) | 1.18 (1.02 to 1.37) | 732 (65.4) | 388 (34.6) | 0.95 (0.82 to 1.10) | |||
SSCF – Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention, IPV – intimate partner violence, aIRR – adjusted incidence rate ratio, CI – confidence interval
*n (%): row percentage.
†aIRR (95% CI): adjusted for participant's age and childhood trauma experience.