Table 4

Odds ratios that children were disciplined with physical punishment or verbal aggression, by timeframe of IPV

Survey
IPV timeframe
TotalNoYesUnadjusted odds ratio (OR)Adjusted odds ratio (aOR)†
n%%OR95% CIp valueaOR95% CIp value
Children in the household were physically punished:
Bolivia 2008
No past year IPV‡639646.753.3***RefRef
IPV past year233934.865.21.641.45 to 1.86<0.001***1.691.48 to 1.92<0.001***
Colombia 2015
Never IPV11 33956.943.1***RefRef
Past year IPV326044.655.41.641.46 to 1.85<0.001***1.771.57 to 1.99<0.001***
IPV before past year249846.253.81.541.31 to 1.81<0.001***1.591.35 to 1.87<0.001***
Guatemala 2008/2009
Never IPV767557.742.3***RefRef
Past year IPV109642.157.91.871.61 to 2.18<0.001***1.961.68 to 2.28<0.001***
IPV before past year189340.459.62.011.75 to 2.31<0.001***2.011.75 to 2.32<0.001***
Haiti 2016/2017
Never IPV248319.380.7*RefRef
Past year IPV47814.185.91.461.00 to 2.130.047*1.330.92 to 1.930.126
IPV before past year33013.886.21.490.93 to 2.390.0991.460.89 to 2.380.132
Jamaica 2008/2009
Never IPV357144.255.8***RefRef
Past year IPV38333.466.61.581.16 to 2.140.004**1.521.11 to 2.100.010*
IPV before past year63130.369.71.821.43 to 2.32<0.001***1.671.31 to 2.14<0.001***
Mexico 2016
Never IPV33 92665.634.4***RefRef
Past year IPV426435.065.03.553.20 to 3.94<0.001***3.633.26 to 4.05<0.001***
IPV before past year490642.857.22.542.32 to 2.78<0.001***2.522.30 to 2.7)<0.001***
Nicaragua 2011/2012
Never IPV698279.220.8***RefRef
Past year IPV65376.723.31.150.89 to 1.500.2791.130.87 to 1.480.359
IPV before past year140972.427.61.451.20 to 1.75<0.001***1.501.23 to 1.83<0.001***
Paraguay 2008
Never IPV271875.324.7***RefRef
Past year IPV27461.039.01.951.46 to 2.59<0.001***1.921.44 to 2.57<0.001***
IPV before past year46764.235.81.701.33 to 2.17<0.001***1.821.42 to 2.35<0.001***
Peru 2018
Never IPV13 27865.534.5***RefRef
Past year IPV233046.953.12.151.82 to 2.53<0.001***2.231.89 to 2.64<0.001***
IPV before past year407254.545.51.591.37 to 1.83<0.001***1.831.58 to 2.13<0.001***
Children in the household experienced verbal aggression:
Bolivia 2008
No past year IPV‡639661.938.1***RefRef
IPV past year233952.747.31.461.29 to 1.64<0.001***1.491.33 to 1.68<0.001***
Haiti 2016/2017
Never IPV248338.861.2***RefRef
Past year IPV47826.773.31.741.29 to 2.35<0.001***1.771.31 to 2.39<0.001***
IPV before past year33026.673.41.751.29 to 2.37<0.001***1.691.24 to 2.310.001**
  • All numbers, percentages and ORs are weighted. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

  • †Adjusted for women’s partnership status, age, urban/rural residence, education level and household wealth.

  • ‡Bolivia did not measure IPV before past year, therefore the reference category was no IPV in the past year.

  • aOR, adjusted OR; CI, confidence interval; IPV, intimate partner violence; Ref, reference category.