Table 4

Interpersonal Abuse Scale: results of exploratory factor analysis by country

Item (7 items)	Nigeria (N=407)		Ghana (N=912)		Guinea (N=655)
Item (7 items)	Factor loading	Uniqueness	Factor loading	Uniqueness	Factor loading	Uniqueness
1. Shouted/screamed at	0.77	0.41	0.84	0.29	0.68	0.54
2. Insulted	0.77	0.40	0.71	0.50	0.72	0.48
3. Scolded	0.72	0.48	0.48	0.77	0.58	0.67
4. Mocked	0.67	0.55	0.68	0.53	0.74	0.46
5. Negative comments	0.56	0.68	0.46	0.78	0.49	0.76
6. Threatened	0.64	0.60	0.69	0.53	0.50	0.75
7. Physical abuse *	0.58	0.67	0.64	0.60	0.55	0.70
Internal reliability
KR-20 coefficient	0.71		0.57		0.54
Deleted items
1.Was the woman blamed for her or her baby’s poor health outcomes?	Omitted due to low frequency
2.Was the woman hissed at?	Nigeria-specific item

*Any physical abuse=at least one experience of the following: pinched, kicked, slapped, punched, hit with instrument, gagged, physically tied to the bed, held down to the bed forcefully, given forceful downward pressure on abdomen, other use of physical force.
KR-20, Kuder-Richardson-20 coefficient.