Research Article

Magnitude of Domestic Violence and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Hulet Ejju Enessie District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors independently associated with experience of domestic violence during pregnancy in Hulet Ejju Enessie district, northwest Ethiopia, March 2014.

Variable ViolenceCORAOR
YesNo(95% CI) value(95% CI) value

Age (years)
 15–2421 (26.2%)59 (73.8%)1.001.00
 25–3475 (31.4%)164 (68.6%)1.3 (0.7, 2.3)0.3870.8 (0.3, 2.2)0.576
 35–4941 (38.7%)65 (61.3%)1.8 (0.9, 3.3)0.0760.9 (0.2, 3.2)0.842
Monthly income
 Highest 7 (23.3%)23 (76.7%)1.001.00
 High 16 (39.0%)25 (61.0%)2.1 (0.7, 6.0)0.1671.6 (0.3, 8.9)0.606
 Medium63 (30.6%)143 (69.4%)1.5 (0.6, 3.6)0.4190.9 (0.2, 3.5)0.893
 Poor37 (37.8%)61 (62.2%)2.0 (0.8, 5.1)0.1501.1 (0.3, 4.5)0.935
 Poorest14 (28.0%)36 (72.0%)1.3 (0.5, 3.6)0.6460.6 (0.1, 3.0)0.528
Age at first marriage (years)
 ≤1596 (38.4%)154 (61.6%)2.0 (1.3, 3.0)0.0024.2 (1.9, 9.0) 0.000
 >1541 (24.1%)129 (75.9%)1.001.00
Educational status
 Illiterate91 (31.6%)197 (68.4%)1.001.00
 Literate46 (33.6%)91 (66.4%)1.1 (0.7, 1.3)0.6831.5 (0.6, 3.6)0.358
Number of living children
 None17 (22.4%)59 (77.6%)1.001.00
 1-249 (29.7%)116 (70.3%)1.5 (0.8, 2.8)0.2371.0 (0.3, 3.5)0.947
 ≥371 (38.6%)113 (61.4%)2.2 (1.2, 4.0)0.0131.7 (0.4, 7.0)0.454
Exposure to mass media
 No75 (35.5%)136 (64.5%)0.7 (0.5, 1.1)0.1480.7 (0.3, 1.5)0.337
 Yes62 (29.0%)152 (71.0%)1.001.00
Interparental exposure of violence during childhood
 No91 (26.1%)258 (73.9%)1.001.00
 Yes46 (60.5%)30 (39.5%)4.4 (2.6, 7.3)0.00012.3 (1.1, 4.8)0.022
Partner’s educational status
 Illiterate63 (34.6%)119 (65.4%)1.001.00
 Literate74 (31.1%)164 (68.9%)0.9 (0.6, 1.3)0.4461.6 (0.7, 3.2)0.247
Frequency of drinking by partner
 Light (occasional)24 (32.0%)51 (68.0%)1.001.00
 Usually33 (48.5%)35 (51.5%)2.0 (1.1, 4.0)0.0452.4 (1.1, 5.1)0.029
 Heavy (frequently)45 (59.2%)31 (40.8%)3.3 (1.7, 6.5)0.0013.4 (1.6, 7.4)0.002
Desiredness of current pregnancy by the husband
 No57 (21.2%)212 (78.8%)4.2 (2.7, 6.5)0.00016.2 (3.2, 12.1)0.0001
 Yes80 (53.0%)71 (47.0%)1.001.00

COR: crude odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, and AOR: adjusted odds ratio.