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

Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Seidu, Abdul-Aziz; Asare, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah; Peprah, Prince; Addo, Isaac Yeboah; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku

doi:10.1186/s13690-021-00684-3

Archives of Public Health

Table 4 Multivariable regression analysis of women’s exposure to interparental violence and IPV Justification in sub-Saharan Africa

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

Variables	Model I cOR [95% CI]	Model II aOR [95% CI]	Model III aOR [95% CI]
Exposure to interparental violence
No	1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Yes	1.51^*** [1.45,1.57]	1.56^*** [1.50,1.62]	1.53^*** [1.47,1.59]
Maternal age
15–19		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
20–24		0.84^*** [0.78,0.90]	0.84^*** [0.78,0.90]
25–29		0.72^*** [0.66,0.77]	0.72^***[0.67,0.78]
30–34		0.64^*** [0.59,0.70]	0.65^*** [0.60,0.70]
35–39		0.60^*** [0.55,0.66]	0.61^*** [0.56,0.67]
40–44		0.56^*** [0.51,0.62]	0.57^*** [0.52,0.63]
45–49		0.55^*** [0.49,0.60]	0.55^*** [0.49,0.61]
Maternal educational level
No education		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Primary		0.88^*** [0.85,0.92]	0.89^*** [0.85,0.93]
Secondary		0.61^*** [0.57,0.64]	0.65^*** [0.61,0.69]
Higher		0.26^*** [0.22,0.29]	0.29^*** [0.25,0.33]
Marital status
Married		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Cohabiting		0.93^** [0.88,0.98]	0.94^* [0.89,0.99]
Exposure to television
No		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Yes		0.78^*** [0.74,0.82]	0.91^*** [0.86,0.95]
Exposure to radio
No		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Yes		1.01 [0.97,1.05]	1.01 [0.97,1.05]
Exposure to newspaper/magazine
No		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Yes		0.90^*** [0.85,0.95]	0.91^*** [0.87,0.96]
Partner’s age
15–24		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
25–34		1.06 [0.99,1.15]	1.09^* [1.01,1.17]
35–44		1.13^** [1.03,1.23]	1.16^*** [1.07,1.27]
45+		1.18^*** [1.07,1.29]	1.22^*** [1.11,1.34]
Partner’s educational level
No education		1 [1.00,1.00]	1 [1.00,1.00]
Primary		0.88^*** [0.84,0.93]	0.89^*** [0.85,0.94]
Secondary		0.77^*** [0.73,0.81]	0.81^*** [0.77,0.86]
Higher		0.67^*** [0.61,0.73]	0.74^*** [0.68,0.82]
Wealth index
Poorest			1 [1.00,1.00]
Poorer			0.98 [0.93,1.03]
Middle			0.97 [0.91,1.02]
Richer			0.90^** [0.85,0.96]
Richest			0.79^*** [0.73,0.86]
Place of residence
Urban			1 [1.00,1.00]
Rural			1.30^*** [1.22,1.39]

NB: Model III adjusted for maternal age, maternal educational level, marital status, exposure to television, exposure to radio, exposure to newspaper/magazine, partner’s age, partner’s educational level, wealth index and place of residence
Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets, ^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001, cOR Crude odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval

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