Association between Intimate Partner Violence and Abortion in Nepal: A Pooled Analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2011 and 2016)

Table 4

Women with and without IPV and abortion in Nepal (2011-2016).

Variables	Categories	Total abortion ()	Women without IPV and abortion ()		Women with IPV and abortion ()		value
			Number	%	Number	%
Ecological region	Mountain	24	18	8.8	6	6.9	0.067
	Hill	140	107	51.8	34	39.5
	Terai	128	81	39.4	46	53.4
Household wealth status (quintiles)	Poorest	48	39	18.9	9	10.1	0.367
	Poorer	41	25	12.3	16	18.6
	Middle	51	35	17.1	16	18.3
	Richer	57	39	19.05	18	21.4
	Richest	95	68	32.7	27	31.6
Women’s education	None	76	46	22.1	30	35.2	0.112
	Primary	66	45	21.9	21	24.0
	Secondary or higher	150	115	56.0	35	40.8
Husband’s education	None	22	10	5.0	12	13.5	0.023^†
	Primary	59	35	16.8	24	28.0
	Secondary or higher	211	161	78.2	50	58.5
Ethnicity	Brahman/Chhetri	145	110	53.3	35	41.0	0.101
	Janajati	83	58	28.1	25	28.7
	Dalit	37	25	12.2	12	13.7
	Other (e.g., Muslims)	27	13	6.5	14	16.5
Age group	15-24	55	40	19.3	15	17.4	0.272
	25-34	157	118	57.1	40	46.2
	35-49	80	48	23.6	31	36.4
Living children	0	14	10	4.9	4	4.5	0.029^†
	1	66	53	25.8	12	14.7
	2	107	81	39.3	27	31.1
	3 or more	105	62	29.9	43	49.7
Women decision making on own health care	Involvement of husband or family member	86	63	30.5	23	26.8	0.494
	Involvement of husband and women	115	77	37.6	38	44.7
	Involvement of respondent alone	91	66	31.9	25	28.5
Husband’s alcohol drinking habit	No	136	104	50.4	32	37.7	0.103
	Yes	156	102	49.6	54	62.3

value obtained from the chi-squared test. ^†Significant at .