Table 3

Factors associated with help seeking among 160 urban women with lifetime experiences of physical partner abuse3-150

Crude odds ratios (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI)3-151
Age
15–241.01.0
25–342.4 (0.7, 7.7)1.9 (0.4, 8.3)
35–493.9 (1.2, 12.6)4.7 (0.9, 24.8)
Abuse of children
No abuse1.01.0
Abuse6.6 (2.9, 14.7)5.7 (2.3, 14.2)
Social networks
No support1.01.0
Family and/or instrumental support2.5 (0.8, 7.7)5.3 (1.4, 20.6)
Severity
0–11.01.0
2–46.3 (2.6, 15.6)9.4 (3.3, 26.9)
  • 3-150 Only urban women are included in the model as all women seeking help were from the urban area.

  • 3-151 All four variables included in the model, with adjustment for duration of relationship −2 log likelihood statistic on 6 df = 129.835 p<0.000.