Table 7 Distribution of selected variables according to physical violence among women in Kenya (2014), weighted
From: Intimate partner violence among pregnant women in Kenya: forms, perpetrators and associations
Variable | Physical violence (n = 1431) | No physical violence (n = 2586) | No violence in any form (n = 2008) | p-value | Chi-square or t-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean) | 32.6 (8.0) | 31.2 (7.9) | 31.3 (7.8) | < 0.001 | − 5.530 |
Age in 5-year-group | |||||
15–19 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | < 0.001 | 31.106 |
20–24 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 17.1 |  |  |
25–29 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 24.3 |  |  |
30–34 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 19.1 |  |  |
35–39 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 15.6 |  |  |
40–44 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.6 |  |  |
45–49 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 |  |  |
Age at first cohabitation | |||||
\(\le\) 14 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | < 0.001 | 7.579 |
15–17 | 29.8 | 24.8 | 24.5 |  |  |
18+ | 60.0 | 67.8 | 67.8 | Â | Â |
Age at sexual debut | |||||
\(\le\) 14 | 18.2 | 10.0 | 10.4 | < 0.001 | 8.213 |
15–17 | 36.3 | 30.3 | 29.2 |  |  |
18+ | 45.4 | 59.7 | 60.4 | Â | Â |
Religion | |||||
Roman Catholic | 20.8 | 18.8 | 19.4 | < 0.001 | 45.002 |
Protestant, other Christian | 73.2 | 69.6 | 68.1 | Â | Â |
Muslim | 3.3 | 8.7 | 9.6 | Â | Â |
No religion | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | Â | Â |
Other religion | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Â | Â |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 41.8 | 39.1 | 39.7 | < 0.001 | 17.224 |
Rural | 58.2 | 60.9 | 60.3 | Â | Â |
Region | |||||
Central | 10.8 | 14.0 | 14.3 | < 0.001 | 127.970 |
Eastern | 24.2 | 29.9 | 31.5 | Â | Â |
Western | 53.0 | 46.7 | 46.2 | Â | Â |
Nairobi | 12.0 | 9.3 | 8.0 | Â | Â |
Marital status | |||||
Married or living together | 75.3 | 87.7 | 89.2 | < 0.001 | 126.660 |
Divorced, separated, widowed | 24.7 | 12.3 | 10.8 | Â | Â |
Number of living children | |||||
0 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 3.2 | < 0.001 | 4.605 |
1–2 | 35.4 | 44.5 | 46.2 |  |  |
3–4 | 36.3 | 27.7 | 29.0 |  |  |
5+ | 26.3 | 21.2 | 21.5 | Â | Â |
Employment (yes) | 80.1 | 68.1 | 66.8 | < 0.001 | 65.947 |
Education | |||||
No education | 8.2 | 9.9 | 10.9 | < 0.001 | 79.035 |
Primary | 64.4 | 52.0 | 52.0 | Â | Â |
Secondary or Higher | 27.3 | 38.1 | 37.1 | Â | Â |
Wealth quintile | |||||
Poorer or Poorest | 41.4 | 34.5 | 35.3 | < 0.001 | 60.375 |
Middle | 21.0 | 17.8 | 17.8 | Â | Â |
Richer or Richest | 37.6 | 47.7 | 46.9 | Â | Â |
Woman afraid of partner | |||||
Never | 38.9 | 77.8 | 80.3 | < 0.001 | 692.870 |
Sometimes | 34.2 | 17.8 | 15.5 | Â | Â |
Most of the time | 26.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Â | Â |
Timing of first violence after marriage | |||||
0Â year | 13.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | < 0.001 | 3.545 |
1–2 years | 33.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 |  |  |
3–4 years | 21.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |  |  |
5–10 years | 23.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 |  |  |
11+Â years | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | Â | Â |
Woman’s father beat mother | 46.9 | 32.3 | 30.5 | < 0.001 | 91.986 |
Partner’s age | |||||
15–24 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | < 0.001 | − 3.709 |
25–34 | 26.2 | 32.5 | 32.9 |  |  |
35+ | 46.8 | 51.2 | 53.1 | Â | Â |
Partner’s education | |||||
No education | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.3 | < 0.001 | 68.742 |
Primary | 53.1 | 43.3 | 43.4 | Â | Â |
Secondary or Higher | 39.1 | 47.9 | 46.9 | Â | Â |
Partner working | |||||
Did not work | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | < 0.001 | 62.188 |
Professional, technical, managerial or clerical or services | 19.7 | 27.3 | 27.1 | Â | Â |
Manual or agricultural or household and domestic | 78.2 | 69.9 | 70.2 | Â | Â |
Partner’s alcohol consumption | |||||
Never | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | < 0.001 | 101.73 |
Often | 26.2 | 6.8 | 5.7 | Â | Â |
Sometimes | 26.0 | 20.9 | 20.4 | Â | Â |
Total 15–49 years | 1431 | 2586 | 2008 |  |  |