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Table 6 Associations between socio-demographic and psycho-social factors and men’s exposure to IPV, past year exposure

From: Women are considerably more exposed to intimate partner violence than men in Rwanda: results from a population-based, cross-sectional study

Variables

Physical violence

Psychological violence

 

n (%) with violence exp.

OR (95% CI)

n (%) with violence exp.

OR (95% CI)

1. Respondent’s Age

    

20-29

9 (3.2)

1

17 (5.8)

1

30-35

9 (6.6)

2.14 (0.83-5.52)

15 (10.5)

1.89 (0.91-3.90)

2. Number of children

    

0-2

12 (3.4)

1

20 (5.6)

1

> 2 or 3-11

6 (8.6)

2.65 (0.96-7.31)

12 (15.8)

3.18 (1.48-6.82)

3. Respondent’s education

    

Complete primary, and above & vocational training

4 (2.7)

1

6 (3.9)

1

Incomplete primary

12 (5.8)

2.24 (0.71-7.07)

23 (10.5)

2.86 (1.13-7.19)

4. Partner’s education

    

Complete primary, and above & vocational training

3 (3.9)

1

5 (6.3)

1

Incomplete primary

14 (9.0)

2.45 (0.68-8.79)

26 (15.6)

2.73 (1.01-7.40)

5. Assets in the household

    

Improved (at least one of 8 assets)

11 (3.5)

1

18 (5.6)

1

Poor (none of the 8 assets )

7 (6.4)

1.86 (0.70-4.92)

14 (12.0)

2.27 (1.09-4.73)

6. Social support

    

Good

7 (4.0)

1

10 (5.6)

1

Poor

11 (4.5)

1.13 (0.42-2.98)

22 (8.6)

1.58 (0.73-3.42)

  1. Crude odds-ratios (OR) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) (N = 440).