Table 2

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

Partner's characteristicsTotal number of womenExperienced physical or sexual violence no. (%)OR (95% CI)p Value
Age group (years)
 20–3422133 (14.9)0.74 (0.42 to 1.28)0.283
 35–4951193 (18.2)0.94 (0.83 to 1.05)0.283
 50–6415129 (19.2)1.00
Education
 Primary education195 (26.3)2.53 (0.87 to 7.33)0.086
 Secondary education452100 (22.1)2.02 (1.34 to 2.91)<0.000
 Higher education41351 (12.3)1.00
Employment status
 Working758133 (17.5)1.00
 Unemployed8618 (20.9)1.24 (0.71 to 2.16)0.446
 Retired262 (7.7)0.39 (0.09 to 1.67)0.202
 Student91 (11.1)0.58 (0.07 to 4.74)0.617
Alcohol consumption
 Never24431 (12.7)1.00
 Less than monthly25637 (14.5)1.61 (0.69 to 1.94)0.569
 Up to three times a month15725 (15.9)1.30 (0.74 to 2.30)0.365
 Once or twice a week14129 (20.6)1.78 (1.02 to 3.10)0.042
 Almost every day8333 (39.8)4.53 (2.54 to 8.09)<0.000
Drug consumption
 Never866147 (17.0)1.00
 Sometimes/often86 (0.75)14.67 (2.93 to 73.41)0.001
Fighting with other men
 No74798 (13.1)1.00
 Yes11548 (41.7)4.74 (3.09 to 7.27)<0.000
 Do not know229 (40.9)4.58 (1.91 to 11.01)0.001
Having parallel relationship with other women (infidelity)
 No74297 (13.1)1.00
 Yes5128 (54.9)8.09 (4.48 to 14.62)<0.000
 May have, do not know9130 (33.0)3.27 (2.01 to 5.32)<0.000
Partner's mother was beaten by mother's partner
 No59769 (11.6)1.00
 Yes11745 (38.5)4.78 (3.05 to 7.49)<0.000
 Do not know16140 (24.8)2.53 (1.63 to 3.91)<0.000
Partner was beaten as a child, by family member
 No69883 (11.9)1.00
 Yes7939 (49.4)7.22 (4.39 to 11.88)<0.000
 Do not know10734 (31.8)3.45 (2.16 to 5.50)<0.000