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Table 4 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis of IPV and skilled delivery care utilization

From: The associations between intimate partner violence and maternal health care service utilization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Sample size

Study location

Study setting

Types of violence

IPV exposure time

IPV assessment scale

NOS quality score

Confounders

[13]

975

Kenya

Community /Kenya DHS

emotional, sexual, and physical IPV

Ever in current relationship

DHS tool

5

Women’s education, wealth index, residence, number of antenatal visits, and parity

[15]

858

Uganda

Community /Uganda DHS

physical and sexual IPV

Prior year

Conflict

Tactic scale

5

Women’s education, economic empowerment of women, partner education, wealth index, number of children, ANC visit, women’s ability to negotiate condom /avoid sex.

[24]

210

Ethiopia

Community /Primary survey

Physical, Sexual, emotional, partner control

Ever in current relationship

WHO tool

6

women’s age, couple’s age gap, women’s educational status, partner’s educational status, women’s decision-making autonomy, women’s employment status, women’s weekly mass media exposure, couple’s relationship duration and household monthly income

[27]

294

Timor-Leste

Community /Timor-Leste DHS

IPV general

Ever in current relationship

DHS tool

4

Age of the women, women’s education, and wealth.

[29]

18,507

Multi country

Community/DHS

Physical

Lifetime

DHS tool

3

Women’s age, partner’s age, marital status, residency, house hold wealth index, women’s education, partner’s education, women’s having job, partner having job

[30]

17,412

Nigeria

Community / Nigeria DHS

Physical, sexual, emotional

Ever IPV in any relation since 15 years of age

Conflict Tactic scale

6

Women’s age, women’s education, husband’s education, employment status, women’s autonomy, parity, access to media, household wealth, household size, place of residency.

[28]

2001

Bangladesh

Community / Bangladesh DHS

Physical, sexual, combined IPV

Lifetime

Conflict tactic scale

5

Women’s age, women’s education, husband’s education, women’s decision-making and freedom of movement autonomy, women’s occupation, residence, religion, frequency of mass media exposure, parity, pregnancy intentions, and wealth index category