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Table 3 Bivariate analysis of exposure to interparental violence and intimate partner violence justification among women in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Exposure to interparental violence and justification of intimate partner violence among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa

Variable

Weighted N

Weighted %

IPV Justification

Yes (%)

p-value

Exposure to interparental violence

  

< 0.001

 No

86,119

76.2

43.4

 

 Yes

26,834

23.8

53.6

 

Maternal age

   

< 0.001

 15–19

7047

6.2

55.1

 

 20–24

20,611

18.4

49.1

 

 25–29

25,924

22.9

45.4

 

 30–34

22,551

20.0

43.7

 

 35–39

17,197

15.2

43.8

 

 40–44

11,450

10.1

43.5

 

 45–49

8172

7.2

43.9

 

Maternal educational level

   

< 0.001

 No education

42,085

37.3

53.8

 

 Primary

38,024

33.7

49.0

 

 Secondary

27,983

24.8

34.9

 

 Higher

4861

4.3

14.8

 

Marital status

   

< 0.001

 Married

88,706

78.5

46.4

 

 Cohabiting

24,247

21.5

43.6

 

Current working status

   

0.075

 No

36,356

32.2

46.5

 

 Yes

76,597

67.8

45.5

 

Exposure to radio

   

< 0.001

 No

48,302

42.8

49.4

 

 Yes

64,651

57.2

43.2

 

Exposure to television

   

< 0.001

 No

68,559

60.7

51.6

 

 Yes

44,394

39.3

36.9

 

Exposure to newspaper/magazine

   

< 0.001

 No

92,892

82.2

48.6

 

 Yes

20,061

17.8

32.9

 

Partner’s age

   

< 0.001

 15–24

6778

6.0

50.9

 

 25–34

37,924

33.6

46.3

 

 35–44

37,893

33.5

44.4

 

 45+

30,358

26.9

45.9

 

Partner’s educational level

   

< 0.001

 No education

34,274

30.3

54.3

 

 Primary

34,569

30.6

49.3

 

 Secondary

35,057

31.1

39.3

 

 Higher

9053

8.0

25.7

 

Wealth index

   

< 0.001

 Poorest

22,757

20.2

54.3

 

 Poorer

23,134

20.5

51.9

 

 Middle

22,620

20.0

48.8

 

 Richer

22,726

20.1

42.5

 

 Richest

21,716

19.2

30.7

 

Place of residence

   

< 0.001

 Urban

39,424

34.9

34.5

 

 Rural

73,529

65.1

51.9

 
  1. P-values are from Chi-square Test