Table 1

Lifetime experience of physical or sexual partner violence, among women who ever cohabited, by women's characteristics: prevalence and univariate logistics regression analysis^*

Women's characteristics	Total number of women	Experienced physical or sexual violence) no. (%)	OR (95% CI)	p Value
Age group (years)
15–24	61	14 (22.9)	1.32 (0.70 to 2.48)	0.391
25–34	255	38 (14.9)	0.77 (0.51 to 1.16)	0.218
35–49	570	105 (20.7)	1.00
Education
Primary education	20	6 (30.0)	2.70 (1.00 to 7.23)	0.050
Secondary education	428	91 (21.3)	1.70 (1.19 to 2.43)	0.004
Higher education	438	60 (13.7)	1.00
Proximity of her family of birth
Within visiting distance	607	102 (16.8)	1.00
Not living near by	190	36 (18.9)	1.16 (0.76 to 1.76)	0.492
Living with her family of birth	87	19 (21.8)	1.38 (0.78 to 2.40)	0.253
Frequency of communicating with her family members
Min. once a week	726	117 (16.1)	1.00
Less than weekly	64	20 (31.3)	2.37 (1.34 to 4.16)	0.003
Can count on family members for support
Yes	822	142 (17.3)	1.00
No	40	10 (25.0)	1.59 (0.76 to 3.34)	0.214
Reported child sexual abuse before age 15
No	875	153 (17.5)	1.00
Yes	11	4 (36.4)	2.68 (0.78 to 9.33)	0.122
Experience of physical violence by non-partners
No	810	130 (16.1)	1.00
Yes	76	27 (35.5)	2.88 (1.73 to 4.78)	<0.000
Experience of sexual violence by non-partners
No	864	148 (17.1)	1.00
Yes	22	9 (40.9)	3.35 (1.41 to 7.98)	0.006
Nature of the first sexual intercourse
Wanted	833	136 (16.3)	1.00
Unwanted but happened (incl. forced sex)	42	18 (42.9)	3.84 (2.03 to 7.27)	<0.000
Women's mother was beaten by her mother's partner
No	720	106 (14.7)	1.00
Yes	140	45 (32.1)	2.75 (1.82 to 4.13)	<0.000

↵* The ORs express the odds for experiencing partner violence for each subcategory compared with a baseline category (in most cases the category with most counts).