Research Article

Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors among Victimized Women, Ethiopia, 2018: A Community-Based Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of respondents ().

VariablesCategoryFrequencyPercent

Age of women18-244114.6
25-3316458.6
34-497526.8
EthnicityGedeo13648.6
Oromo6924.6
Amhara4014.3
Gurage269.3
Other (Silta, Dawuro)93.2
ReligionOrthodox8731.1
Protestant12343.9
Muslim4215
Catholic2810
Women’s educational statusNo education2810
Primary education13949.6
Secondary education5419.3
Postsecondary5921.1
Partner’s educational statusNo education103.6
Primary education11842.1
Secondary education8630.7
Postsecondary6623.8
Women’s occupational statusHousewife8831.4
Daily laborer4817.1
Governmental worker6524.9
Merchant3817.4
Nongovernmental worker349.5
Others (no job)72.5
Monthly income in Ethiopian birr<500134.6
501-150013046.4
1501-250010136.1
>25013612.9
Partner alcohol use statusYes18365.4
No9734.6
Marital duration<10 years20272.1
>117827.8