Prevalence, associated factors, and disclosure of intimate partner violence among mothers in rural Bangladesh

Stake, Stephen; Ahmed, Saifuddin; Tol, Wietse; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Begum, Nazma; Khanam, Rasheda; Harrison, Meagan; Baqui, Abdullah H.

doi:10.1186/s41043-020-00223-w

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 1 Frequency distributions of participants according to demographic variables with reported physical and/or sexual IPV (n = 3966)

From: Prevalence, associated factors, and disclosure of intimate partner violence among mothers in rural Bangladesh

Variable	Ever during marriage					During past year
	IPV		No IPV			IPV		No IPV
	n	%	n	%	p value	n	%	n	%	p value
Age					0.162					0.595
< 30 years	373	32.6	996	35.3		174	33.5	228	31.4
30-34 years	386	33.8	957	33.9		154	31.4	951	32.7
35+ years	384	33.6	870	30.8		169	35.1	1174	36.0
Pregnancy Status					0.473					0.793
Pregnant	79	6.9	222	7.9		40	7.7	261	7.6
Postpartum < 6 months	76	6.6	215	7.6		36	6.9	255	7.4
Postpartum 6-12 months	89	7.8	205	7.3		44	8.4	250	7.3
Not Pregnant nor Postpartum	899	78.7	2181	77.3		402	77.0	2678	77.8
Parity (total live births)					0.053					0.545
1	239	20.9	660	23.4		122	23.4	777	22.6
2	217	19.0	598	21.2		99	19.0	716	20.8
3	222	19.4	528	18.7		92	17.6	658	19.1
4+	465	40.7	1037	36.7		209	40.0	1293	37.5
Mother’s education					0.000					0.000
No schooling	476	41.6	889	31.5		226	43.3	1139	33.1
1-5 years	393	34.4	898	31.8		179	34.3	1112	32.3
> 5 years	274	24.0	1036	36.7		117	22.4	1193	34.6
Husband’s education					0.000					0.000
No schooling	554	48.5	1058	37.5		270	51.7	1342	39.0
1-5 years	361	31.6	866	30.7		156	29.9	1071	31.1
> 5 years	228	19.9	899	31.8		96	18.4	1031	29.9
Household wealth quintile					0.011					0.005
Lowest	175	15.3	533	18.9		89	17.1	619	18.0
Second	211	18.4	579	20.5		86	16.5	704	20.4
Middle	264	23.1	581	20.6		121	23.2	724	21.0
Fourth	255	22.3	551	19.5		133	25.5	673	19.5
Highest	238	20.8	579	20.5		93	17.8	724	21.0
Religion					0.003					0.052
Islam	1089	95.3	2617	92.7		498	95.4	3208	93.2
Hindu/Others	54	4.7	206	7.3		24	4.6	236	6.9
Father abused Mother					0.000					0.000
Yes	200	17.5	91	3.2		95	18.2	196	5.7
No	695	60.8	2284	80.9		297	56.9	2682	77.9
Do not Know	248	21.7	448	15.9		130	24.9	566	16.4
Members in household					0.000					0.053
< 5	356	31.1	799	28.3		162	31.0	993	28.8
5-9	642	56.2	1508	53.4		292	55.9	1858	53.9
10+	145	12.7	516	18.3		68	13.0	593	17.2
NGO member					0.000					0.005
Yes	187	16.4	303	10.7		84	16.1	406	11.8
No	956	83.6	2520	89.3		438	83.9	3038	88.2
Total	1143	28.8	2823	71.2		522	13.2	3444	86.8

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