Table 3

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

Relationship's characteristicsTotal number of womenExperienced physical or sexual violence no. (%)OR (95% CI)p Value
Socioeconomic status
 Low16343 (26.4)2.20 (1.37 to 3.55)0.001
 Medium34760 (17.3)1.28 (0.84 to 1.97)0.253
 High30042 (14.0)1.00
Cohabitation with partner's family
 No61097 (15.9)1.00
 Yes27259 (21.7)1.46 (1.02 to 2.10)0.038
Cohabitation with woman's family of birth
 No753127 (16.7)1.00
 Yes12828 (21.9)1.38 (0.87 to 2.18)0.170
Discrepancy in education
 Equal632106 (16.8)1.00
 Partner more educated10317 (16.5)0.98 (0.56 to 1.71)0.946
 Woman more educated13728 (20.4)1.27 (0.80 to 2.03)0.306