Does Having a Living Child Increase Women’s Risk of Intimate Partner Violence? Evidence from 2008- 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys

This study examined the relationship between number of living children and intimate partner violence. This was with the view to ascertaining whether having living children or not having a living child was associated with increased risk of intimate partner violence among currently married women in Nigeria. The study analyzed data from 2008-2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys. The binary logistic regression was applied. Results showed that women who had two or more living children were 20.5% more likely to experience intimate partner violence compared with women who had no living child (OR=1.205; CI: 0.993-1.461). The study concluded that having living children increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence in Nigeria. Women experiencing intimate partner violence should seek psychosocial counselling to reduce the incidence of intimate partner violence that may arise from childbearing.

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Child Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence: An Examination of Individual, Community, and National Factors

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/08862605211042602 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088626052110426

Author(s):

Brittany E. Hayes ◽

Michelle E. Protas

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

National Level ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Early Marriage ◽

Child Marriage ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Age At Marriage ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Nationally Representative

Despite being a human rights violation, child marriage still takes place across the globe. Prior scholarship has shown early marriage to be associated with an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing on data from the nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys—conducted in developing and transitional nations where rates of child marriage tend to be higher—the current study provides a cross-national examination of individual-, community-, and national-level predictors of child marriage and their association with physical and emotional IPV. The sample of ever married women includes 281,674 respondents across 46 developing and transitional nations. Findings reveal the prevalence of child marriage was largely consistent with worldwide estimates. Over half of the sample (59.97%) were over the age of 18 when they married and about 1 in 10 women were married at age 14 or younger. A later age at marriage, measured continuously, was associated with lower odds of physical and emotional IPV. When considering the 18 and over cutoff traditionally used to operationalize child marriage, the odds of physical and emotional IPV were lower for women who married over the age of 18 than women who were 14 and younger when they married. However, there was a confounding effect when considering age at marriage as 18 and over when community-level predictors were not included in the model estimating physical abuse. This underscores the need to consider the nested nature of respondents’ experiences. Further, national legislation that protects against child marriage was not associated with risk of physical or emotional IPV. However, population size increased the odds of physical IPV and lowered the odds of emotional IPV. Such findings can be interpreted in light of opportunity theory and provide direction for prevention and intervention programming.

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Association between intimate partner violence and poor child growth: results from 42 demographic and health surveys

Bulletin of the World Health Organization ◽

10.2471/blt.15.152462 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 94 (5) ◽

pp. 331-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Jeanne Chai ◽

Günther Fink ◽

Sylvia Kaaya ◽

Goodarz Danaei ◽

Wafaie Fawzi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Surveys ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Child Growth ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Poor Child

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Association between Intimate Partner Violence, Knowledge and Use of Contraception in Africa: Comparative Analysis across Five African Regions

International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA) ◽

10.21106/ijma.323 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 42-52

Author(s):

Rafeek A. Yusuf ◽

Deepa Dongarwar ◽

Zenab I. Yusuf ◽

Hamisu M. Salihu

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Policy Development ◽

Regional Differences ◽

Health Surveys ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Modern Contraception

Background Or Objectives: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is common globally, and is associated with several adverse consequences. This study provides a comparative analysis of potential regional differences in the association between IPV and knowledge and use of contraceptives within Africa. Methods: A multi-country cross-sectional study was conducted using data on women of reproductive age 15-49 years from the Demographic and Health Surveys covering five African regions. Exposure and outcome variables were IPV and reproductive literacy (comprising modern contraception knowledge and contraception usage) respectively. We used survey log-binomial regression models to generate prevalence ratios that estimated the association between IPV versus knowledge and usage of modern contraception. Results: Overall IPV prevalence in Africa was 30.8% with notable regional differences. Demographic, socioeconomic, and reproductive history markers of IPV were more pronounced in younger women, rural residents, women of low socioeconomic status and those with copious knowledge but poor usage of modern contraception. The level of knowledge of contraception was 84% greater among African women who were victims of IPV compared to their counterparts who were not victims of IPV (p < 0.0001). IPV was not associated with actual usage of modern contraception (p = 0.21). Conclusion And Global Health Implications: IPV against women in Africa may incentivize knowledge seeking of modern contraception as protective mechanisms. Regional variations notwithstanding, understanding the existing and new characteristics predictive of IPV may inform policy development, resource allocation and prevention of IPV globally. Key words: • Violence • Women • Contraception; • Knowledge • Usage • Africa • Intimate partner violence • Demo graph ic and health surveys • Benin • Burundi • Egypt • Kenya • South Africa Copyright © 2020 Yusuf et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Intimate partner violence and HIV in ten sub-Saharan African countries: what do the Demographic and Health Surveys tell us?

The Lancet Global Health ◽

10.1016/s2214-109x(14)70343-2 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. e34-e43 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Dick Durevall ◽

Annika Lindskog

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Surveys ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

African Countries ◽

Sub Saharan

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Intimate partner violence against adolescent girls and young women and its association with miscarriages, stillbirths and induced abortions in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

SSM - Population Health ◽

10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100730 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 ◽

pp. 100730

Author(s):

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Young Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Health Surveys ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Induced Abortions ◽

Sub Saharan

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Intimate Partner Violence among Women with Disabilities in Uganda

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16060947 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 947 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Anne Valentine ◽

Ilhom Akobirshoev ◽

Monika Mitra

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Demographic And Health Surveys ◽

Women With Disabilities ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Low And Middle Income

Violence against women with disabilities is pervasive, yet a paucity of research examines intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study is to document the prevalence and consequences of IPV exposure among Ugandan women with disabilities. Cross sectional data from the 2011 and 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (UDHS) were used to study married and/or partnered women aged 15–49 who answered specific questions about lifetime intimate partner violence (N = 8592). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to investigate the relationship between disability, IPV, and indicators of maternal and child health. Compared to women without disabilities, women with disabilities were more likely to experience lifetime physical violence (odds ratio (OR) 1.4, p < 0.01), sexual violence (OR = 1.7, p < 0.01), and emotional abuse (1.4, p < 0.01) after controlling for sociodemographic and household characteristics. Study findings suggest that women with disabilities in Uganda may experience increased risk for IPV compared to women without disabilities, with concomitant risks to their health and the survival of their infants. Further research examining the prevalence and correlates of IPV in low- and middle-income countries is needed to address the needs and rights of women with disabilities.

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