Table 3 Results of logistic regression of IPPV and empowerment indicators controlling for women’s socio-demographic factors and male partners’ behaviours in Uganda (DHS 2011)
Experienced intimate partner physical violence (IPPV) in the last 12 months | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
ORs | p-value | ORs | p-value | ORs | p-value | |
Beating justified if wife: | ||||||
Argues with husband | ||||||
Yes | 1.871 | 0.000 | 1.575 | 0.012 | 1.374 | 0.142 |
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||
Refuses to have sex with husband | ||||||
Yes | 1.066 | 0.730 | 1.127 | 0.527 | 1.109 | 0.644 |
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |||
Husband/partner: | ||||||
Jealous if woman talks with other men | ||||||
Yes | 1.392 | 0.058 | 1.417 | 0.110 | ||
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Accuses woman of unfaithfulness | ||||||
Yes | 2.431 | 0.000 | 2.233 | 0.000 | ||
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Doesn’t permit her to meet female friends | ||||||
Yes | 1.254 | 0.224 | 1.592 | 0.036 | ||
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Limits her contact with family | ||||||
Yes | 1.299 | 0.245 | 1.052 | 0.831 | ||
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Insists on knowing where she is | ||||||
Yes | 2.003 | 0.000 | 1.532 | 0.036 | ||
No (rc) | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Residence | ||||||
Rural | 0.906 | 0.709 | ||||
Urban (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Women’s education level | ||||||
None (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Primary | 1.228 | 0.401 | ||||
Secondary or higher | 1.299 | 0.437 | ||||
Woman owns a house alone or jointly | ||||||
Yes | 1.227 | 0.333 | ||||
No (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Women’s occupation | ||||||
Not working (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Professional | 0.098 | 0.000 | ||||
Agriculture | 0.803 | 0.306 | ||||
Sales | 0.815 | 0.451 | ||||
Wealth index | ||||||
Poorest (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Poorer | 0.711 | 0.194 | ||||
Middle | 0.880 | 0.661 | ||||
Richer | 0.489 | 0.026 | ||||
Richest | 0.452 | 0.027 | ||||
Region | ||||||
Central (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Eastern | 1.413 | 0.187 | ||||
Northern | 1.708 | 0.072 | ||||
Western | 1.549 | 0.111 | ||||
Parity | ||||||
None (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
1-4 children | 3.603 | 0.001 | ||||
5+ children | 4.631 | 0.000 | ||||
Woman afraid of partner | ||||||
Never (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Sometimes | 3.169 | 0.000 | ||||
Often | 3.067 | 0.000 | ||||
Frequency of getting drunk | ||||||
Never (rc) | 1.000 | |||||
Sometimes | 3.012 | 0.000 | ||||
Often | 1.670 | 0.010 | ||||
Respondent’s father ever beat her mother | ||||||
Yes | 2.163 | 0.000 | ||||
No (rc) | 1.000 | |||||