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 12 Female 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	75	171	96	267	10	54	36	227	41	102	53	103	82	77	57	113	450	1114
	No	159	755	86	599	164	1278	111	979	189	993	139	518	447	798	184	933	1479	6853
	OR 99% CI	2.08 (1.37–3.16)		2.50 (1.65–3.81)		1.44 (0.58–3.58)		1.40 (0.83–2.37)		2.11 (1.27–3.51)		1.92 (1.17–3.15)		1.90 (1.24–2.93		2.56 1.62–4.03		1.87 (1.60–2.20)
Income gap	Yes	123	558	110	502	4	58	19	171	129	524	114	382	357	575	98	516	954	3286
	No	128	538	91	564	171	1340	125	997	101	614	98	412	176	390	153	701	1043	5556
	OR 99% CI	0.93 (0.65–1.33)		1.36 (0.91–2.02)		0.54 (0.14–2.04)		0.89 (0.45–1.73)		1.50 (1.03–2.17)		1.25 (0.84–1.87)		1.38 (1.03–1.84)		0.87 (0.60–1.25)		1.55 (1.36–1.76)
Negative attitudes to sex and violence	Yes	32	88	87	359	42	314	45	401	38	115	48	109	165	190	30	95	487	1671
	No	224	1024	120	727	134	1093	103	824	195	1031	172	696	363	762	222	1147	1533	7304
	OR 99% CI	1.66 (0.95–2.91)		1.47 (0.99–2.19)		1.09 (0.67–1.77)		0.90 (0.55–1.46)		1.75 (1.04–2.93)		1.78 (1.09–2.92)		1.82 (1.33–2.50)		1.63 (0.93–2.88)		1.39 (1.29–1.79)
Feels herself to be at risk of AIDS	Yes	168	664	104	454	84	486	89	586	110	472	131	380	214	322	124	399	1024	3763
	No	66	385	63	530	89	874	51	563	103	591	68	348	298	614	95	696	833	4601
	OR 99% CI	1.48 (0.98–2.22)		1.93 (1.24–2.99)		1.70 (1.12–2.57)		1.68 (1.04–2.69)		1.34 (0.91–1.97)		1.76 (1.15–2.70)		1.37 (1.02–1.83)		2.28 (1.56–3.33)		1.50 (1.32–1.72)
Negative attitudes to AIDS	Yes	8	15	13	84	14	96	10	86	6	21	15	14	46	39	6	28	118	383
	No	249	1098	194	1012	162	1314	138	1139	227	1127	206	799	492	932	246	1218	1914	8639
	OR 99% CI	2.35 (0.77–7.14)		0.81 (0.37–1.78)		1.18 (0.55–2.55)		0.96 (0.39–2.34)		1.42 (0.43–4.72)		4.16 (1.68–10.30)		2.23 (1.27–3.94)		1.06 (0.33–3.43)		1.39 (1.05–1.84)

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