Prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy and related risk factors: a cross-sectional study in southern Sweden

Table 4 Association between possible risk factors and exposure to DV during pregnancy (N = 1939)

Independent variabel	n%	DV during pregnancy n (%)	OR 95% CI	P-value (two-tailed)
History of violence¹	745	18 (2.4)	-	<0.001
Age ≥ 35	351	6 (1.7)	2.6 (0.9-7.3)	NS
Multiparae	949	12 (1.3)	0.6 (0.2-1.6)	NS
Low educational status	616	7 (1.1)	1.3 (0.5-3.4)	NS
Unemployed	103	4 (3.9)	5.1 (1.7-15.9)	0.002
Foreign language	442	6 (1.4)	1.6 (0.61-4.40)	NS
Single/living apart	101	5 (5.0)	6.9 (2.4 -19.7)	0.001
Financial distress	896	12 (1.3)	2.2 (0.8-6.0)	NS
Alcohol consumption	971	8 (0.8)	0.7 (0.3-1.8)	NS
Smoking/snuffing	345	5 (1.4)	1.5 (0.6 - 4.7)	NS
Overweight/obese	478	6 (1.3)	1.4 (0.5-3.8)	NS
Unintended pregnancy	331	5 (1.5)	1.8 (0.6-5.1)	NS
Miscarriage/abortion	119	6 (5.0)	7.6 (2.8 - 20.6)	<0.001
Self-reported poor health	109	2 (1.8)	2.0 (0.5-9.0)	NS
Lack of sleep	145	5 (3.4)	4.7 (1.7 - 13.5)	0.001
EDS ≥ 13	166	10 (6.0))	13.4 (5.2- 34.4)	<0.001
SOC Low score	454	12 (2.6)	9.1 (2.9-28.5)	<0.001

Statistical significant is accepted at p < 0.05.
¹All (n = 18) reported history of violence and therefore OR with 95% CI not showed.

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