Table 6 Distribution of selected variables according to sexual violence among women in Kenya (2014), weighted
From: Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Kenya: forms, perpetrators and associations
Variable | Sexual violence (n = 534) | No sexual violence (n = 3484) | No violence in any form (n=2008) | p-value | Chi-square or t-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean) | 32.3 (7.7) | 31.6 (8.0) | 31.3 (7.8) | 0.058 | − 1.900 |
Age in 5-year-group | |||||
15–19 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.199 | 8.580 |
20–24 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 17.1 |  |  |
25–29 | 26.8 | 24.6 | 24.3 |  |  |
30–34 | 17.8 | 19.1 | 19.1 |  |  |
35–39 | 18.1 | 15.4 | 15.6 |  |  |
40–44 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 |  |  |
45–49 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 |  |  |
Age at first cohabitation | |||||
\(\le\) 14 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 7.7 | < 0.001 | 3.628 |
15–17 | 29.1 | 26.2 | 24.5 |  |  |
18+ | 60.7 | 65.7 | 67.8 | Â | Â |
Age at sexual debut | |||||
\(\le\) 14 | 18.0 | 12.1 | 10.4 | < 0.001 | 5.644 |
15–17 | 38.7 | 31.5 | 29.2 |  |  |
18+ | 43.0 | 56.4 | 60.4 | Â | Â |
Religion | |||||
Roman Catholic | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.4 | < 0.001 | 21.212 |
Protestant, other Christian | 76.1 | 70.1 | 68.1 | Â | Â |
Muslim | 2.5 | 7.4 | 9.6 | Â | Â |
No religion | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | Â | Â |
Other religion | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Â | Â |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 41.8 | 39.1 | 39.7 | 0.253 | 1.308 |
Rural | 58.2 | 60.9 | 60.3 | Â | Â |
Region | |||||
Central | 7.7 | 13.7 | 14.3 | < 0.001 | 127.970 |
Eastern | 20.3 | 29.0 | 31.5 | Â | Â |
Western | 55.6 | 47.9 | 46.2 | Â | Â |
Nairobi | 16.4 | 9.3 | 8.0 | Â | Â |
Marital status | |||||
Married or living together | 72.0 | 85.0 | 89.2 | < 0.001 | 70.560 |
Divorced, separated, widowed | 28.0 | 15.0 | 10.8 | Â | Â |
Number of living children | |||||
0 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 0.002 | 3.503 |
1–2 | 38.4 | 41.6 | 46.2 |  |  |
3–4 | 33.8 | 30.3 | 29.0 |  |  |
5+ | 24.9 | 22.7 | 21.5 | Â | Â |
Employment (yes) | 79.3 | 71.3 | 66.8 | < 0.001 | 14.105 |
Education | |||||
No education | 6.5 | 9.8 | 10.9 | < 0.001 | 33.949 |
Primary | 67.3 | 54.8 | 52.0 | Â | Â |
Secondary or higher | 43.9 | 35.5 | 37.1 | Â | Â |
Wealth quintile | |||||
Poorer or Poorest | 38.0 | 36.8 | 35.3 | 0.063 | 8.930 |
Middle | 22.7 | 18.3 | 17.8 | Â | Â |
Richer or Richest | 39.3 | 44.9 | 46.9 | Â | Â |
Woman afraid of partner | |||||
Never | 29.3 | 69.3 | 80.3 | < 0.001 | 416.400 |
Sometimes | 35.4 | 21.8 | 15.5 | Â | Â |
Most of the time | 35.3 | 8.8 | 4.2 | Â | Â |
Timing of first violence after marriage | |||||
0Â year | 20.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | < 0.001 | 4.564 |
1–2 years | 30.5 | 10.1 | 0.0 |  |  |
3–4 years | 18.5 | 6.4 | 0.0 |  |  |
5–10 years | 22.7 | 7.3 | 0.0 |  |  |
11+Â years | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | Â | Â |
Woman’s father beat mother | 53.3 | 35.1 | 30.5 | < 0.001 | 66.422 |
Partner’s age | |||||
15–24 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.028 | − 2.198 |
25–34 | 25.8 | 30.9 | 32.9 |  |  |
35+ | 44.7 | 50.4 | 53.1 | Â | Â |
Partner’s education | |||||
No education | 4.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 | < 0.001 | 24.970 |
Primary | 51.2 | 46.1 | 43.4 | Â | Â |
Secondary or Higher | 43.5 | 44.9 | 46.9 | Â | Â |
Partner working | |||||
Did not work | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | < 0.001 | 33.153 |
Professional, technical, managerial or clerical or services | 23.7 | 24.8 | 27.1 | Â | Â |
Manual or agricultural or household and domestic | 74.0 | 72.7 | 70.2 | Â | Â |
Partner’s alcohol consumption | |||||
Never | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | < 0.001 | 56.716 |
Often | 30.7 | 11.1 | 5.7 | Â | Â |
Sometimes | 23.6 | 22.6 | 20.4 | Â | Â |
Total 15–49 years | 534 | 3484 | 2008 |  |  |