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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the women in this study (n = 5347) and their exposures to different forms of violence against women stratified by the occurrence of unintended pregnancy

From: Violence against women and unintended pregnancies in Nicaragua: a population-based multilevel study

Characteristic

Unintended pregnancies no n = 3413

Unintended pregnancies yes n = 1934

All n = 5347

 

%

%

%

Residency (Rural)*

55.3

46.7

52.1

Age in years, Mean (SE)

27.0 (0.15)

27.6 (0.20)

27.2 (0.12)

Education

   

No education

16.6

16.6

16.6

Primary School

43.0

42.5

42.8

High school

28.7

31.3

29.7

College or higher

11.5

9.4

10.7

Socioeconomic status*

   

Quintile 1

30.4

25.2

28.5

Quintile 2

21.4

22.5

21.8

Quintile 3

16.7

22.8

18.9

Quintile 4

15.5

17.5

16.2

Quintile 5

15.8

11.8

14.3

Ever use of modern contraceptives

   

(yes)*

93.0

95.4

93.9

Controlling behavior by

   

partner (yes)*

47.5

57.6

51.3

Ever sexual abuse by any person

   

(yes)*

7.3

12.6

9.3

Ever physical/sexual IPV

   

(yes)*

19.9

30.4

23.8

  1. *t-test or Chi-squared test, p < 0.05. IPV = Intimate partner violence.
  2. Weighted percentages are shown.