Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors among Victimized Women, Ethiopia, 2018: A Community-Based Study

Background. Disclosure is a vital step in the process of finding a lasting solution and breaking the abuse chain in a victim woman by the intimate partner. Objectives. This study is aimed at assessing the disclosure of intimate partner violence and associated factors among victim women in Dilla town, Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia, 2018. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study design triangulated with the qualitative method was employed. Data were collected from 280 women victims of intimate partner violence using pretested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaires. SPSS version 20.0 software was used for analysis. Binary logistic regression and a multivariate logistic regression model were fitted to assess the association between the independent and dependent variables. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews and categorized into themes and triangulated with the quantitative result. Results. Half of the respondents (51%) disclosed intimate partner violence. Partner alcohol use (AOR=1.99; 95% CI:1.18, 3.34), women experiencing a single type of intimate partner violence (AOR=0.38, 95% CI: 0.17, 0.79), women having strong social support (AOR=2.52; 95% CI:1.44, 4.41), and women whose partners’ having primary (AOR=2.04; 95% CI:1.07, 3.9) and secondary education (AOR=2.16; 95% CI: 1.07, 4.33) were significantly associated with the disclosure of intimate partner violence as the qualitative result shows most of the women prefer their family to disclose and those who kept silent were due to economic dependency, societal norms towards wife beating, arranged marriage, and not getting the chance especially those who went to the hospital. Conclusion. Nearly 50% of victims of intimate partner violence women disclose intimate partner violence to others. Thus, it is needed for stakeholders to use their efforts to further increase the disclosure of violence and respect women’s rights and equality.

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intimate Partner Violence Among Married Women During COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions: A Community-Based Study

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520976222 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052097622

Author(s):

Abay Woday Tadesse ◽

Setegn Mihret Tarekegn ◽

Gebeyaw Biset Wagaw ◽

Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh ◽

Ayesheshim Muluneh Kassa

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Married Women ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Systematic Random Sampling

Ethiopia has taken unprecedented preventive measures, such as confinement to home and closure of schools and offices to halt the spread of Corona virus pandemic in the country. Unfortunately, such orders may have been associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) against women but there is no study conducted to assess the magnitude of IPV during the lock-downs in the country. Thus, this study intended to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of IPV against women during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on sample of 617 married or cohabited women. A systematic random sampling technique was employed to identify and enroll women who are married. A logistic regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of IPV among women and all statistical analyses were carried out using STATA 14.2. In this study, amongst the 589 married women who were included in the analysis, 22.4% [95% CI: 19.1%, 25.9%] were experienced at least one form of IPV. Additionally, 11.0%, 20.0%, and 13.8% of women also experienced physical, psychological, and sexual IPVs respectively. After adjusting for covariate; being illiterate [AOR=2.37: 95% CI 1.29, 4.35], having illiterate husband [AOR=2.67: 95% CI 1.36, 5.21], having substance user husband (alcohol, chat or cigarettes) [AOR=2.75: 95% CI 1.42, 5.34], and community tolerant attitude to violence [AOR=2.97: 95% CI 1.17, 7.61] were the independent predictors of IPV amongst married women. In conclusion, the prevalence of IPV among married women was comparable to the national pre-COVID figure of IPV. Therefore, national and regional governments should work toward enhancing gender equality, coupled with addressing risk factors at multiple levels, using community- and institution-based approaches to prevent IPV and to specifically achieve SDG5 of eliminating violence against women by 2030.

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Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors among ART user’s Women Attending Adama Town Public Health Facility, Central Ethiopia 2019

10.21203/rs.3.rs-99727/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Girma Garedew Goyomsa ◽

Aderajew Niguse Teklehaymanot ◽

Teklu Arga ◽

Leul Deribe

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Health Facility ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Male Partner ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Public Health Facility ◽

Wife Beating ◽

Predisposing Factor

Abstract Background: The aim of this study was to determine prevalence and associated factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) among antiretro varial therapy (ART) user women visiting chronic care unit, Adama town public health facility, Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1- April 1, 2019 among 396 ART user women. Validated WHO tools were used to measure IPVAW and systematic random sampling technique was used to select individuals. The collected data were entered, using Epi data 4.4.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 24. Descriptive statistics were used to compute summary statistics and proportion. Multivariable logistic-regression were used to identify predictors of IPV.Result: A total of 396 women participated in the study. The prevalence of current IPV was 32.3% and lifetime IPV was 45.5%. Having history of first coerced sexual intercourse [AOR =3.0 (1.73, 5.44)], partner engagement in multiple sexual relationships [AOR = 2.2 (1.21, 4.06)], justifing wife beating is normal when she refused to have sex with her husband [AOR = 2.3 (1.29, 4.12)], using contraceptive [AOR = 3.33 (1.67, 6.62)] and women whose partner were farmer [AOR = 3.9 (1.43, 10.79)] were found to be significant predictors of IPV among sero-positive womenConclusion: One in three women reported at least two or more forms of violence from their partner. Individual level factor (exposure to first coerced sex, partner’s occupation, contraceptive use and women’s acceptance of violence) and relationship factor (male multi-partnership) were identified as a predisposing factor. In view of this addressing risky behavior practiced among male partner and challenging women attitude toward violence was crucial in reducing violence.

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Multilevel Logistic Regression Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence and Its Associated Factors in Ethiopia

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3218700 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Yihalem Belay ◽

Mekuanint Simeneh Workie

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Multilevel Logistic Regression ◽

Multilevel Logistic Regression Analysis

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Child Reported Effects of Community Based Treatment for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e516542013-158 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Karin Grip

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Community Based

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Intimate Partner Violence and its Association With Contraceptive Use Among Women in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research ◽

10.33824/pjpr.2019.34.1.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (Spring 2019) ◽

pp. 157-173

Author(s):

Kashif Siddique ◽

Rubeena Zakar ◽

Ra’ana Malik ◽

Naveeda Farhat ◽

Farah Deeba

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Outcome Variable ◽

Odds Ratios

The aim of this study is to find the association between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and contraceptive use among married women in Pakistan. The analysis was conducted by using cross sectional secondary data from every married women of reproductive age 15-49 years who responded to domestic violence module (N = 3687) of the 2012-13 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. The association between contraceptive use (outcome variable) and IPV was measured by calculating unadjusted odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals using simple binary logistic regression and multivariable binary logistic regression. The result showed that out of 3687 women, majority of women 2126 (57.7%) were using contraceptive in their marital relationship. Among total, 1154 (31.3%) women experienced emotional IPV, 1045 (28.3%) women experienced physical IPV and 1402 (38%) women experienced both physical and emotional IPV together respectively. All types of IPV was significantly associated with contraceptive use and women who reported emotional IPV (AOR 1.44; 95% CI 1.23, 1.67), physical IPV (AOR 1.41; 95% CI 1.20, 1.65) and both emotional and physical IPV together (AOR 1.49; 95% CI 1.24, 1.72) were more likely to use contraceptives respectively. The study revealed that women who were living in violent relationship were more likely to use contraceptive in Pakistan. Still there is a need for women reproductive health services and government should take initiatives to promote family planning services, awareness and access to contraceptive method options for women to reduce unintended or mistimed pregnancies that occurred in violent relationships.

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The Effects of Religion and Modernization on Egyptian Women’s IPV Attitudes

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801220978802 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107780122097880

Author(s):

Golshan Golriz ◽

Skye Miner

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Latent Class Analysis ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Latent Class ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Wife Beating ◽

Multinomial Regression ◽

The Relationship

This article uses the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey to explore the relationship between religion and women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). It also asks whether modernization, as measured by having a higher education or living in an urban area, can mediate or moderate this relationship. Using latent class analysis to create categories of women’s wife-beating attitudes, and multinomial regression to explore the relationship between religion, education, and urbanity, we find no significant relationship between being Muslim and justifying wife beating. Our data further suggest that neither education nor urbanity mediate or moderate this relationship.

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