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Table 1 Prevalence of PIPV against women and problem drinking

From: Problem drinking and physical intimate partner violence against women: evidence from a national survey in Uganda

Variable

PIPV

Partner gets drunk

 

Freq (%)

Weighted totala

Chi.sq.p-value

Freq (%)

Weighted totala

Chi.sq.p-value

Age group

      

 15–24

183 (42.9)

426

 

191 (39.9)

478

 

 25–34

311 (51.1)

610

0.003

378 (52.4)

720

<0.001

 35–44

208 (50.2)

414

(0.02 trend)

225 (54.9)

411

(<0.001 trend)

 45+

65 (44.7)

146

 

64 (51.1)

132

 

Education level

      

 None

180 (48.2)

372

<0.001

242 (59.5)

408

 

 Primary

526 (52.5)

1002

(<0.001 trend)

522 (48.3)

1083

<0.001

 Secondary

54 (30.3)

179

 

82 (39.8)

205

 

 Tertiary

8 (19.3)

43

 

14 (31.6)

45

 

Residence

      

 Urban

76 (33.6)

227

<0.001

101 (39.6)

254

<0.001

 Rural

692 (50.5)

1369

 

760 (51.1)

1487

 

Marital status

      

 Married

487(48.0)

1016

 

547 (48.7)

1124

 

 Living together

129 (44.9)

286

0.02

155 (45.6)

341

 

 Widowed/divorced

40 (39.9)

100

 

60 (54.8)

109

0.005

 Not living together

112 (57.8)

194

 

99 (59.3)

167

 

Unilaterally/jointly made b

      

 0–1 decisions

187 (47.9)

392

 

196 (44.3)

443

 

 2–4 decisions

428 (47.0)

911

0.63

506 (49.5)

1021

0.09

Region

      

 Central

114 (38.7)

295

 

157 (44.0)

357

 

 Kampala

32 (29.8)

108

<0.001

36 (29.4)

124

 

 Eastern

210 (55.9)

375

184 (46.0)

400

<0.001

 

 Northern

171 (50.8)

336

 

248 (64.5)

385

 

 Western

241 (50.2)

482

 

235 (49.5)

475

 

Religion

      

 Catholic

348 (50.3)

691

 

461 (60.5)

762

 

 Protestant

265 (50.9)

521

<0.001

308 (53.9)

572

<0.001

 Muslim

58 (35.3)

163

 

24 (13.5)

179

 

 Other

97 (44.1)

221

 

67 (29.6)

228

 

Occupation

      

 None

31 (30.8)

99

 

44 (34.2)

129

 

 Professional/clerical

14 (26.9)

53

 

17 (31.4)

54

 

 Sales

47 (37.4)

126

 

64 (43.7)

147

 

 Agriculture-self employed

559 (50.9)

1097

<0.001

608 (51.5)

1181

<0.001

 Manual

47 (52.0)

90

 

50 (54.1)

92

 

 Others (agric/domestic/services)

69 (53.6)

131

 

73 (56.4)

138

 

Wealth status

      

 Poorest

171 (54.0)

300

 

237 (67.5)

352

 

 Poorer

177 (56.0)

316

 

188 (50.4)

373

 

 Middle

165 (49.3)

334

<0.001

167 (50.6)

331

<0.001

 Richer

155 (47.0)

329

(<0.001 trend)

150 (43.8)

342

 

 Richest

101 (31.7)

317

 

118 (34.5)

343

 

Education level of partner

      

 None

76 (52.3)

146

 

116 (67.9)

170

 

 Primary

484 (51.4)

941

 

523 (50.7)

1032

<0.001

 Secondary

156 (45.3)

344

<0.001

159 (43.6)

364

 

 Tertiary

34 (29.9)

113

(<0.001 trend)

39(33.0)

118

 

 Don’t Know/missing

18 (34.8)

52

 

25 (44.1)

57

 

Occupation of partner

      

 Professional/clerical

47 (34.0)

137

 

56 (39.0)

145

 

 Sales

75 (43.6)

172

0.007

89 (46.8)

189

 

 Agriculture-self employed

431 (51.9)

829

 

481 (53.5)

900

<0.001

 Manual

135 (45.1)

300

 

133 (41.3)

322

 

 Others (agric/domestic/services)

80 (50.9)

158

 

102 (55.2)

185

 

Age difference with partner b

      

Respondent Younger/same age

52 (49.2)

107

 

63 (52.4)

121

 

 1–4

231 (49.6)

466

0.28

246 (46.7)

526

0.29

 5–9

193 (45.4)

426

 

216 (45.2)

478

 

 10+

139 (46.1)

301

 

175 (51.7)

339

 

All

768(48.1)

1596

 

861 (49.5)

1741

 
  1. aPIPV has special sample weights while drunkenness uses general sample weights.
  2. b For only those who were married or were in a relationship at the time of the survey.