Table 2 Participants in the survey who have experienced different forms of Intimate Partner Violence
Physical Violence | Sexual violence | Physical or Sexual violence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | -n- | -n-(%) | -n-(% | -n-(%) |
Total | 5198 | 1664 (32.1) | 1466 (28.3) | 2290 (44.2) |
Age | ||||
15–19 | 103 | 24 (23.3) | 16 (15.5) | 31 (30.1) |
20–24 | 657 | 190 (28.9) | 165 (25.1) | 267 (40.6) |
25–29 | 1147 | 367 (32.0) | 312 (27.2) | 500 (43.6) |
30–34 | 1294 | 450 (34.8) | 383 (29.6) | 598 (46.2) |
35–39 | 960 | 307 (32.0) | 290 (30.2) | 443 (46.1) |
≥ 40 | 1037 | 326 (31.4) | 300 (28.9) | 451 (43.5) |
Partner’s Age | ||||
15–24 | 203 | 57 (28.1) | 40 (19.7) | 74 (36.5) |
25–34 | 1468 | 466 (31.7) | 387 (26.4) | 632 (43.1) |
35–44 | 1908 | 630 (33.0) | 581 (30.5) | 881 (46.2) |
45–54 | 1171 | 374 (31.9) | 343 (29.3) | 516 (44.1) |
≥ 55 | 448 | 137 (30.6) | 115 (25.7) | 187 (41.7) |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 107 | 17 (15.9) | 21 (19.6) | 26 (24.3) |
In relationship but not married | 1371 | 372 (27.1) | 359 (26.2) | 533 (38.9) |
Married | 3079 | 1126 (36.6) | 916 (29.7) | 1491 (48.4) |
Divorced/ Separated/ Widowed | 641 | 149 (23.2) | 170 (26.5) | 240 (37.4) |
Highest level of education | ||||
No education | 723 | 241 (33.3) | 222 (30.7) | 323 (44.8) |
Primary | 2910 | 1004 (34.5) | 867 (29.8) | 1361 (46.8) |
Secondary | 1372 | 391 (28.5) | 350 (25.5) | 560 (40.8) |
Tertiary/ University or higher | 156 | 22 (14.1) | 27 (17.3) | 40 (25.6) |
Region of Residence | ||||
Kampala | 1048 | 323 (30.8) | 277 (26.4) | 451 (43.0) |
Central | 1032 | 388 (37.6) | 315 (30.5) | 492 (47.7) |
Eastern | 1034 | 331 (32.0) | 270 (26.1) | 458 (44.3) |
Western | 1039 | 238 (22.9) | 268 (25.8) | 387 (37.2) |
Northern | 1045 | 384 (36.7) | 336 (32.2) | 502 (48.0) |
Number of biological children | ||||
0 | 1342 | 301 (22.4) | 325 (24.2) | 470 (35.0) |
1–2 | 1440 | 451 (31.3) | 371 (25.8) | 612 (42.5) |
3–4 | 1435 | 526 (36.7) | 461 (32.1) | 706 (49.2) |
≥ 5 | 981 | 386 (39.3) | 309 (31.5) | 502 (51.2) |
On Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) | ||||
No | 161 | 45 (28.0) | 41 (25.5) | 63 (39.1) |
Yes | 5022 | 1616 (32.2) | 1423 (28.3) | 2223 (44.3) |
Wealth quintile | ||||
Lowest | 1054 | 359 (34.1) | 322 (30.6) | 480 (45.5) |
Second | 1026 | 351 (34.2) | 286 (27.9) | 474 (46.2) |
Middle | 1041 | 336 (32.3) | 323 (31.0) | 473 (45.4) |
Fourth | 1039 | 309 (29.7) | 279 (26.9) | 438 (42.2) |
Highest | 1038 | 309 (29.8) | 256 (24.7) | 425 (40.9) |
Nature of relationship | ||||
Monogamous | 1173 | 460 (39.2) | 392 (33.4) | 606 (51.7) |
Polygamous | 1858 | 649 (34.9) | 510 (27.4) | 862 (46.4) |
Duration on ART (years) | ||||
≤ 1 | 1131 | 350 (30.9) | 297 (26.3) | 483 (42.7) |
2 | 738 | 266 (36.0) | 228 (30.9) | 354 (48.0) |
3 | 720 | 238 (33.1) | 198 (27.5) | 322 (44.7) |
4 | 555 | 187 (33.7) | 168 (30.3) | 254 (45.8) |
≥ 5 | 2041 | 623 (30.5) | 575 (28.2) | 877 (43.0) |
HIV status disclosure | ||||
Both know each other’s status | 1631 | 518 (31.2) | 441 (27.0) | 714 (43.8) |
Status not mutually known | 1862 | 578 (31.0) | 536 (28.8) | 819 (44.0) |
HIV status with partner | ||||
Both positive | 1887 | 653 (34.6) | 568 (30.1) | 885 (46.9) |
Woman positive and partner negative | 581 | 169 (29.1) | 141 (24.3) | 235 (40.4) |