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Table 5 Associations between socio-demographic and psycho-social factors and women’s exposure to IPV, past year exposure

From: Women are considerably more exposed to intimate partner violence than men in Rwanda: results from a population-based, cross-sectional study

Variables

Physical violence

Sexual violence

Psychological violence

 

n (%) with violence exp.

OR (95% CI)

n (%) with violence exp.

OR (95% CI)

n (%) with violence exp.

OR (95% CI)

1. Respondents age

      

20-29

46 (18.5)

1

41 (16.8)

1

54 (21.0)

1

30-35

32 (19.9)

1.10 (0.66-1.81 )

29 (18.4)

1.11 (0.66-1.88)

38 (22.8)

1.11 (0.69 -1.77)

2. Number of children

      

0-2

39 (14.6)

1

39 (14.6)

1

54 (19.1)

1

> 2 or 3-11

39 (26.4)

2.09(1.27 -3.45)

32 (22.7)

1.72 (1.02-2.89)

38 (25.9)

1.47 (0.92-2.36)

3. Respondent’s education

      

Complete primary, and above & vocational training

10 (8.3)

1

17 (13.4)

1

18 (14.1)

1

Incomplete primary

51 (22.7)

3.22 (1.57 -6.62)

36 (17.1)

1.34 (0.72-2.50)

55 (24.0)

1.93 (1.08-3.46)

4. Partner’s education

      

Complete primary, and above & vocational training

24 (17.9)

1

26 (19.1)

1

25 (18.5

1

Incomplete primary

50 (26.9)

1.69 (0.97 -2.91)

41 (23.2)

1.28 (0.73-2.22)

60 (30.6)

1.94 (1.14–3.30)

5. Assets in the household

      

Improved (at least one of 8 assets)

46 (15.9)

1

43 (15.0)

1

57 (18.9)

1

Poor (none of the 8 assets )

32 (25.4)

1.81 (1.08-3.01 )

28 (23.0)

1.69 (0.99-2.88)

35 (27.1)

1.59 (0.98-2.59)

6. Social support

      

Good

10 (8.9)

1

14 (12.1)

1

13 (11.3)

1

Poor

68 (22.4)

2.94 (1.46-5.94)

57 (19.5)

1.76 (0.94-3.30)

79 (25.1)

2.63 (1.40-4.94)

  1. Crude odds-ratios (OR) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) (N = 477).