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Table 4 AOR (95% CI)s and 95% CIs for associations between for ‘relationship quality’ variables and ever experiencing intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15-24

From: Intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women: prevalence and associated factors in nine countries: a cross-sectional study

    BGD urban   BGD rural   BRA urban   BRA rural   ETH rural   NAM urban   PER urban
   % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI)
Controlling behavior No control 44   27   33   31   36   36   19  
Medium 38 1.91** 51 1.08 42 1.55 37 4.76** 45 2.03** 37 2.34* 46 1.66
   [1.19,3.06]   [0.63,1.86]   [0.49,4.90]   [1.78,12.76]   [1.21,3.40]   [1.21,4.50]   [0.70,3.89]
High 18 10.22*** 22 2.02* 25 3.82* 32 9.99*** 19 1.40 27 5.76*** 35 5.15***
   [4.23,24.69]   [1.02,3.98]   [1.19,12.27]   [3.68,27.10]   [0.72,2.73]   [2.88,11.52]   [2.00,13.24]
Frequency of quarrel Rarely 61   75   48   44   66   46   42  
Sometimes 33 1.79* 23 2.15** 41 1.45 49 1.16 27 6.95*** 44 1.89* 43 1.33
   [1.10,2.91]   [1.21,3.81]   [0.56,3.75]   [0.59,2.30]   [3.49,13.82]   [1.09,3.30]   [0.69,2.55]
Often 6 4.39 2 4.76 11 5.00** 7 5.63** 7 - 10 5.09*** 15 1.84
    [0.91,21.22]   [0.54,42.18]   [1.50,16.63]   [1.65,19.19]   -   [2.02,12.83]   [0.69,4.93]
    PER rural   SMA   SRB urban   THA urban   THA rural   TAZ urban   TZA Rural
   % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI) % AOR(95% CI)
Controlling behavior No control 18   19   66   24   25   7   22  
Medium 39 2.39* 47 2.11 29 3.17* 47 2.57 39 1.07 38 2.29 39 1.41
   [1.12,5.13]   [0.77,5.78]   [1.22,8.28]   [0.86,7.73]   [0.35,3.32]   [0.71,7.34]   [0.74,2.70]
High 43 10.25*** 34 6.35*** 5 10.24** 29 10.48*** 36 1.59 55 4.64** 39 4.06***
   [4.38,24.01]   [2.20,18.33]   [2.06,51.02]   [2.99,36.71]   [0.51,4.98]   [1.50,14.38]   [2.12,7.78]
Frequency of quarrel Rarely 50   71   63   61   56   55   62  
Sometimes 42 4.28*** 15 5.34** 30 2.35 31 2.89* 27 2.71* 37 3.33*** 29 3.13***
   [2.28,8.02]   [1.86,15.28]   [0.93,5.93]   [1.18,7.04]   [1.03,7.14]   [2.06,5.39]   [1.88,5.24]
Often 8 2.34 14 3.46* 7 0.79 8 1.05 17 6.93** 8 5.60*** 9 6.07***
    [0.69,7.98]   [1.26,9.51]   [0.14,4.60]   [0.24,4.62]   [1.85,26.02]   [2.52,12.41]   [2.32,15.88]
  1. *Adjusted for women’s age (continuous), (data not shown).
  2. *** = p-value<0.001, **= p-value <0.01, *= p-value<0.05.
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