Table 3

Association of past-year IPV with three measures of district-level events

Dichotomous events
 No events (ref)
 Any events
Three categories of events
  First tertile (ref)
  Second tertile
  Third tertile
Cumulative event-years
  0 event-year (ref)
  1 event-year
  2–3 event-years
  4–5 event-years
n=3474n=3474n=3474
aORP valuesLow CIHigh CIaORP valuesLow CIHigh CIaORP valuesLow CIHigh CI
Conflict exposure1.170.3340.851.591.28
1.03
0.178
0.876
0.89
0.67
1.84
1.59
1.31
1.20
1.88
0.144
0.335
<0.001
0.91
0.83
1.29
1.89
1.75
2.75
Age 0.96 <0.001 0.95 0.98 0.96 <0.001 0.95 0.98 0.97 <0.001 0.95 0.98
Number of children under 51.060.1370.981.141.050.1770.981.141.060.1610.981.14
Education
 No education (ref)
 Primary 1.21 0.023 1.03 1.43 1.20 0.032 1.02 1.43 1.22 0.014 1.04 1.43
 Secondary and above1.240.1080.951.631.260.1120.951.671.270.0770.971.67
Religion
 Christian (ref)
 Muslim1.000.9990.631.581.030.9090.641.651.000.9860.631.57
 Other1.040.8490.691.571.060.7830.701.601.030.8780.701.52
Civil status
 Married (ref)
 Living together0.940.6000.731.200.940.6560.721.230.980.8540.771.24
 Widow/divorced 1.79 <0.001 1.41 2.27 1.81 <0.001 1.42 2.30 1.83 <0.001 1.43 2.34
Partner education
 No education (ref)
 Primary0.930.5640.731.180.930.5400.731.180.940.6130.731.20
 Secondary and above 0.82 0.024 0.69 0.97 0.82 0.024 0.68 0.97 0.82 0.033 0.68 0.98
Age married1.000.9540.981.021.000.9830.981.021.000.9650.981.02
Wealth
 Poorest (ref)
 Poorer1.110.5300.801.551.120.5080.791.591.140.4260.821.58
 Middle1.000.9810.761.331.040.8140.761.431.080.5780.821.41
 Richer1.040.7940.771.411.120.5420.771.631.210.1480.931.58
 Richest0.870.5250.551.350.960.8940.561.661.080.7180.711.65
Employment
 Did not work in the past 12 months
 Worked in the past 12 months0.950.5230.811.110.950.5830.801.130.950.5580.811.12
Aggregate violence measure
 No violent experiences
 Violent experiences 1.95 <0.001 1.53 2.49 1.99 <0.001 1.54 2.57 1.98 <0.001 1.54 2.55
Alcohol
 Partner does not drink alcohol
 Partner drinks alcohol 2.40 <0.001 2.01 2.86 2.41 <0.001 2.03 2.88 2.39 <0.001 2.00 2.84
  • Values in bold are significant at the P<0.05 level.

  • aOR, adjusted OR; IPV, intimate partner violence.