Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria

Table 1 Distribution of lifetime prevalence of exposure to physical and sexual violence by controlling behaviours, relationship inequality, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

	Physical violence		Sexual violence
Characteristics	N = 2877 (%)	P-value	N = 663 (%)	P-value
Husband/partner has controlling behavior (composite variable)		0.000		0.000
No	621 (21)		100 (15)
Yes	2256 (79)		563 (85)
Justifies wife beating		0.000		0.000
No	1128 (39)		225 (34)
Yes	1749 (61)		438 (66)
Decision-making autonomy		0.000		0.000
No	772 (27)		185 (28)
Yes	2105 (73)		478 (62)
Type of marriage		0.023		0.465
Monogamy	2056 (71)		290 (44)
Polygamy	821 (29)		373 (56)
Women's age		0.000		0.415
≤ 24	572 (20)		168 (25)
25 - 34	1263 (44)		279 (42)
≥ 35	1042 (36)		216 (33)
Women's education		0.000		0.000
No education	996 (35)		168 (25)
Primary	925 (32)		279 (42)
Secondary or higher	956 (33)		216 (33)
Women's occupation		0.000		0.000
Profession/technical/management	95 (3)		25 (4)
Clerical/sales/services/skilled manual	1273 (44)		293 (44)
Agricultural self-employed/agricultural employee/ household & domestic/ unskilled manual	914 (32)		173 (26)
Not working	595 (21)		172 (26)
Partner's education		0.000		0.000
No education	813 (28)		199 (30)
Primary	779 (27)		210 (32)
Secondary or higher	1285 (45)		254 (38)
Partner's occupation		0.001		0.149
Profession/technical/management	232 (8)		56 (8)
Clerical/sales/services/skilled manual	1351 (47)		323 (49)
Agricultural self-employed/agricultural employee/ household & domestic/ unskilled manual	1294 (45)		284 (43)
Place of residence		0.000		0.010
Urban	759 (26)		165 (25)
Rural	2118 (74)		498 (75)

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