Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

Andersson, Neil; Ho-Foster, Ari; Mitchell, Steve; Scheepers, Esca; Goldstein, Sue

doi:10.1186/1472-6874-7-11

Table 11 Male respondents: Associations with domestic physical violence (number of responses, Odds Ratio and 99%confidence interval)

From: Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries

		Botswana		Lesotho		Malawi		Mozambique		Namibia		Swaziland		Zambia		Zimbabwe		Overall
		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence		Partner violence
		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Reported having multiple partners	Yes	85	222	57	307	26	174	40	382	65	225	101	256	144	280	109	282	627	2128
	No	86	398	23	249	45	810	30	466	96	654	40	233	181	598	91	616	592	4024
	OR(99%CI)	1.77 (1.13–2.77)		2.01 (1.03–3.90)		2.69 (1.41–5.14)		1.63 (0.86–3.09)		1.97 (1.25–3.10)		2.30 (1.36–3.89)		1.70 (1.21–2.39)		2.62 (1.75–3.91)		2.00 (1.70–2.35)
Income gap	Yes	67	212	19	147	0	39	8	52	67	322	51	197	47	158	35	191	294	1318
	No	117	510	66	493	69	987	59	766	100	607	104	397	286	762	168	820	969	5342
	OR 99%	1.38 (0.88–2.15)		0.97 (0.47–1.97)		not calculated		2.00 (0.72–5.54)		1.26 (0.81–1.97)		0.99 (0.60–1.62)		0.79 (0.50–1.26)		0.89 (0.53–1.51)		1.23 (1.02–1.49)
Negative attitudes about sex and violence	Yes	35	75	40	268	21	218	28	315	33	169	56	109	115	229	54	104	382	1487
	No	154	664	51	387	51	816	42	545	135	775	106	501	215	676	151	914	905	5278
	OR 99%	2.01 (1.14–3.55)		1.13 (0.63–2.03)		1.54 (0.77–3.08)		1.15 (0.60–2.22)		1.12 (0.65–1.94)		2.43 (1.48–3.99)		1.58 (1.11–2.25)		3.14 (1.96–5.03)		1.50 (1.26–1.78)
Feels himself to be at risk of getting AIDS	Yes	120	428	38	245	33	321	42	381	49	292	83	249	137	298	83	248	585	2462
	No	56	262	37	358	38	691	27	420	106	607	59	314	192	597	98	675	613	3924
	OR 99%	1.31 (0.83–2.08)		1.50 (0.80–2.82)		1.87 (1.00–3.51)		1.71 (0.89–3.30)		0.96 (0.59–1.56)		1.77 (1.09–2.89)		1.43 (1.02–2.01)		2.31 (1.51–3.52)		1.52 (1.29–1.79)
Negative attitudes to AIDS	Yes	16	24	14	69	7	64	3	77	10	39	11	19	46	61	16	25	123	378
	No	173	715	77	595	65	970	67	783	158	905	151	591	291	863	189	1000	1171	6422
	OR 99%	2.76 (1.20–6.31)		1.57 (0.70–3.53)		1.63 (0.56–4.75)		0.46 (0.10–2.07)		1.47 (0.58–3.74)		2.27 (0.85–6.04)		2.24 (1.33–3.77)		3.39 (1.51–7.57)		1.78 (1.35–2.35)

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