Table 2

Association of past-year IPV with dichotomous district-level fatalities

Model 1: no covariate modelModel 2: demographic and marriage variablesModel 3: demographic and economic variablesModel 4: demographic, economic, violence and alcohol variables
n=3474n=3474n=3474n=3474
ORP valuesLow CIHigh CIaORP valuesLow CIHigh CIaORP valuesLow CIHigh CIaORP valuesLow CIHigh CI
Districts with fatalities 2.10 <0.001 1.60 2.76 2.08 <0.001 1.69 2.56 2.07 <0.001 1.70 2.53 1.55 <0.001 1.26 1.92
Age 0.97 <0.001 0.96 0.98 0.97 <0.001 0.96 0.98 0.97 <0.001 0.95 0.98
Number of children under 51.070.1050.991.151.060.1140.991.141.050.1900.971.14
Education
 No education (ref)
 Primary 1.18 0.025 1.02 1.37 1.19 0.024 1.02 1.38 1.21 0.020 1.03 1.42
 Secondary and above1.180.1390.951.461.190.1890.921.561.280.0680.981.66
Religion
 Christian (ref)
 Muslim0.790.2650.531.190.790.2590.521.191.010.9480.651.58
 Other1.080.7440.691.681.090.6890.711.691.020.9330.691.50
Civil status
 Married (ref)
 Living together0.980.8900.741.300.970.8150.741.271.000.9890.791.27
 Widow/divorced 1.76 <0.001 1.36 2.26 1.75 <0.001 1.36 2.26 1.88 <0.001 1.44 2.45
Partner education
 No education (ref)
 Primary0.940.6310.741.200.940.6160.741.200.940.5970.731.20
 Secondary and above0.830.0590.691.01 0.83 0.045 0.69 1.00 0.82 0.039 0.68 0.99
Age married1.000.7760.971.021.000.8020.981.021.000.9230.981.02
Wealth
 Poorest (ref)
 Poorer1.140.4430.811.601.160.3700.841.59
 Middle1.080.5730.831.401.100.4850.841.43
 Richer1.200.1600.931.551.240.0920.971.58
 Richest1.020.9080.711.471.100.6490.731.67
Employment
 Did not work in the past 12 months
 Worked in the past 12 months1.020.7850.881.190.950.5710.811.12
Aggregate violence measure
 No violent experiences
 Violent experiences 1.99 <0.001 1.54 2.58
Alcohol
 Partner does not drink alcohol
 Partner drinks alcohol 2.40 <0.001 2.01 2.86
  • Values in bold are significant at the P<0.05 level.

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