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Table 3 Factors independently significantly associated with the different IPV

From: Intimate partner violence as seen in post-conflict eastern Uganda: prevalence, risk factors and mental health consequences

 

Males

Females

 

Physical IPV

Psychological IPV

Physical IPV

Psychological IPV

Sexual IPV

 

Multivariable OR1

(95 % CI)

Multivariable OR1

(95 % CI)

Multivariable OR1

(95 % CI)

Multivariable OR1

(95 % CI)

Multivariable OR1

(95 % CI)

Sub-county

-

-

P = 0.002

P = 0.02

-

Acowa

  

1

1

 

Magoro

  

2.32 (1.27-4.24)

2.05 (1.22-3.46)

 

Ngariam

  

3.16 (1.75-5.70)

2.19 (1.29-3.70)

 

Usuk

  

2.63 (1.44-4.81)

1.88 (1.12-3.15)

 

Education level

-

-

P = 0.02

 

-

No education

  

1

  

Primary only

  

1.60 (1.08-2.37)

  

Secondary 1+

  

0.25 (0.03-1.91)

  

Marital status

-

-

 

P = 0.03

-

Married

   

1

 

Divorced/widowed

   

0.67 (0.47-0.97)

 

Poverty index

P = 0.0006

P = 0.02

-

 

-

Low (≤23)

1

1

   

Medium (24–30)

1.94 (0.96-3.91)

1.87 (1.07-3.26)

   

High (> = 30)

3.67 (1.83-6.98)

2.17 (1.26-3.74)

   

Sexual torture

 

P = 0.04

 

P = 0.10

-

No

 

1

 

1

 

Yes

 

1.82 (1.02-3.23)

 

1.44 (0.94-2.22)

 

Close relative killed1

-

-

-

 

P = 0.07

No

    

1

Yes

    

1.74 (0.95-3.20)

Physical torture

-

P = 0.02

P = 0.001

P = 0.001

P = 0.01

No

 

1

1

1

1

Yes

 

1.64 (1.07-2.49)

2.03 (1.36-3.03)

1.74 (1.21-2.50)

2.34 (1.22-4.49)

Alcohol consumption -

P = 0.08

P = 0.006

P = 0.01

P = 0.07

Non drinker

 

1

1

1

1

Drinker

 

1.74 (1.18-2.59)

1.74 (1.18-2.59)

1.58 (1.11-2.27)

1.95 (1.08-3.53)

  1. Note 1Includes parent, child, spouse or sibling (not other relative as this was too common)