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Table 2 Descriptions of the municipality-level variables

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

Characteristic

Municipalities n = 142

 

Mean (SE)

Range

% of women exposed to sexual violence by any person

9.4 (0.35)

0–23.7

% of women exposed to physical/sexual IPV

27.5 (0.65)

0–54.2

% of women using modern contraceptives

68.6 (0.68)

33.3–100

% of the population in extreme poverty

42.8 (1.57)

13.5–87.4

% of women who are illiterate

25.6 (1.12)

7.7–65

% of women exposed to controlling behavior by a partner

51.1 (0.79)

26.7–86.4

  1. IPV = Intimate partner violence.