Risk factors for intimate partner violence in women in the Rakai Community Cohort Study, Uganda, from 2000 to 2009

Table 2 Frequency of early factors and bivariate and multivariable associations* from a logistic regression model of early factors and any IPV in sexually active women in the Rakai Community Cohort Study, 2000 to 2009, OR (95% CI), p value

Early factor		n (%)	Bivariate association		Multivariable model 1: all early factors, OR (95% CI) N = 1370	Multivariable model 2: all early factors, adjusted for age at study baseline, OR (95% CI), N = 1370
Early factor		n (%)	OR (95% CI)	N
Sexual abuse†	No	1225 (68.7)	1	1532	1	1
Sexual abuse†	Yes	559 (31.3)	1.57 (1.26, 1.96) p < 0.001	1532	1.65 (1.29, 2.11) p < 0.001	1.68 (1.31, 2.15) p < 0.001
Education‡	<5 years	4604 (26.9)	1	9782	1	1
	5-7 years	7086 (41.3)	0.89 (0.81, 0.98) p = 0.02		0.92 (0.69, 1.22) p = 0.55	0.97 (0.73, 1.30) p = 0.86
	Secondary or higher	5456 (31.8)	0.61 (0.55, 0.68) p < 0.001		0.65 (0.48, 0.89) p = 0.008	0.68 (0.50, 0.93) p = 0.02
Age at first sex	Continuous	15.8 (2.2)§	0.92 (0.90, 0.94) p < 0.001	9219	0.96 (0.90, 1.01) p = 0.13	0.92 (0.87, 0.98) p = 0.01
Coerced first sex	No	9581 (82.6)	1	8134	1	1
Coerced first sex	Yes	2026 (17.5)	4.17 (3.67, 4.76) p < 0.001	8134	3.66 (2.54, 5.28) p < 0.001	3.54 (2.45, 5.12) p < 0.001

*From logistic regression models. †Sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence was only asked about in one of seven survey rounds. ‡Data on education are taken from the baseline survey round, i.e. the first survey round of participation during the period under study. §Mean (standard deviation).

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