Table 1 Distribution of intimate partner violence across exposure to interparental violence and the covariates
From: Exposure to interparental violence and intimate partner violence among women in Papua New Guinea
Variable | Weighted | Intimate partner violence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percentage | Yes [% CI] | P value | |
Exposed to interparental violence | < 0.001* | |||
No | 1874 | 53.4 | 49.4 [45.8–53.0] |  |
Yes | 1638 | 46.6 | 62.0 [57.1–66.7] |  |
Women’s age (Years) [mean = 32.5, standard deviation = 7.92) | < 0.001* | |||
15–24 | 769 | 21.9 | 61.9 [56.5–67.0] |  |
25–34 | 1329 | 37.8 | 58.7 [53.4–63.5] |  |
35–49 | 1414 | 40.3 | 48.5 [44.0–53.1] |  |
Women’s educational level | 0.163 | |||
No education | 1001 | 28.5 | 49.4 [42.8–56.0] |  |
Primary | 1637 | 46.6 | 55.3 [51.6–58.9] |  |
Secondary or higher | 874 | 24.9 | 62.1 [50.0–72.8] |  |
Marital status | 0.902 | |||
Married | 2902 | 82.6 | 55.4 [51.5–59.1] |  |
Cohabiting | 610 | 17.4 | 55.0 [49.3–60.5] |  |
Current working status | 0.268 | |||
No | 2395 | 68.2 | 54.3 [49.7–58.7] |  |
Yes | 1117 | 31.8 | 57.5 [53.4–61.5] |  |
Parity | 0.095 | |||
Zero birth | 339 | 9.7 | 60.0 [51.4–68.0] |  |
1 birth | 633 | 18.0 | 65.9 [52.5–77.2] |  |
2 births | 563 | 16.0 | 52.6 [43.9–61.2] |  |
3 births | 576 | 16.4 | 55.2 [49.7–60.5] |  |
4 or more births | 1401 | 39.9 | 50.5 [46.0–55.0] |  |
Exposure to mass media | < 0.001* | |||
None | 1853 | 52.7 | 49.4 [45.7–53.2] |  |
One | 607 | 17.3 | 57.4 [51.3–63.3] |  |
Two or more | 1052 | 30.0 | 64.4 [59.1–69.4] |  |
Wealth index | 0.055 | |||
Poorest | 659 | 18.8 | 50.8 [44.3–57.3] |  |
Poorer | 695 | 19.8 | 50.6 [44.7–56.5] |  |
Middle | 703 | 20.0 | 54.9 [49.0–60.6] |  |
Richer | 663 | 18.9 | 56.8 [51.8–61.8] |  |
Richest | 792 | 22.5 | 62.2 [54.3–69.5] |  |
Place of residence | 0.005* | |||
Urban | 395 | 11.2 | 64.8 [58.3–70.8] |  |
Rural | 3117 | 88.8 | 54.1 [50.3–57.9] |  |
Region | 0.444 | |||
Southern Region | 682 | 19.4 | 52.1 [47.5–56.6] |  |
Highlands Region | 1347 | 38.4 | 56.0 [51.1–60.8] |  |
Momase Region | 996 | 28.3 | 58.1 [49.5–66.2] |  |
Islands Region | 487 | 13.9 | 52.2 [47.1–57.2] |  |
Community literacy level | 0.076 | |||
Low | 1362 | 38.8 | 50.6 [45.6–55.6] |  |
Medium | 1271 | 36.2 | 57.2 [52.5–61.8] |  |
High | 879 | 25.0 | 59.8 [52.1–67.0] |  |
Community socioeconomic status | 0.079 | |||
Low | 1981 | 56.4 | 51.6 [48.0–55.1] |  |
Medium | 307 | 8.7 | 62.8 [48.3–75.3] |  |
High | 1224 | 34.9 | 59.5 [53.2–65.4] |  |