Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence among Currently Married Women from Food Secure and Insecure Urban Households in South Ethiopia: A Community Based Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Factors associated with lifetime and current intimate partner violence among currently married women in Arba Minch town, March 2017.
Variables (N=696)
IPV ever
COR (95 CI)
AOR (95 C.I)
yes
no
Num (%)
Num (%)
Women’s education
No formal education
91(21.1)
37(14.1)
1
1
Primary level education
60(13.9)
33(12.6)
0.72(0.41,1.27)
0.66(0.36,1.23)
Secondary education and above
280(65.0)
192(73.3)
0.58(0.38,0.89)
0.55(0.32,0.97)
Marriage arrangement
Women’s own choice (love)
366(84.9)
245(92.5)
1
1
Others
65(15.1)
20(7.5)
2.17(1.28,3.68)
1.75(1.01,3.06)
Decision making
Low decision making
93(21.6)
33(12.5)
1
1
High decision making
338(78.4)
232(87.5)
0.52(0.34,0.79)
0.45(0.28,0.73)
Drug use by partner
Not user
207(48)
176(66.4)
1
1
User
224(52)
89(33.6)
2.14(1.56,2.94)
2.29(1.64,3.23)
Variables(N=696)
Current IPV
Age of women
Less than 30
199(57.2)
234(67.2)
1
1
30-39
104(29.9)
67(19.3)
1.01(0.58,1.74)
2.16(1.34,3.56)
40 and above
45(12.9)
47(13.5)
0.57(0.38,0.85)
1.21(0.64,2.29)
Difference in age
Less than 10 years
276(79.3)
240(69.0)
1
1
10 or more years
72(20.7)
108(31.0)
0.58(0.41,0.82)
0.52(0.31,0.88)
Decision making
Low decision making
81(23.3)
45(12.9)
1
1
High decision making
267(76.7)
303(87.1)
0.49(0.33,0.73)
0.61(0.38.0.96)
Household food insecurity
Food secure
63(18.1)
204(58.6)
1
1
Food insecure
285(81.9)
144(41.4)
6.41(4.53,9.06)
6.59(4.54,9.57)
= Parents/guardians/relatives/marriage by abduction Statistically significant association at p-value < 0.05.
