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Table 1 Percentage distribution of married women socio-demographics and experience of intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) in Uganda (DHS 2011)

From: Partners’ controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence among married women in Uganda

Variables

% of women

Frequency

% reported IPSV

p-value

Age group

   

0.459

15-24

29.7

388

24.6

 

25-34

40.6

531

28.7

 

35+

29.7

388

25.4

 

Region

   

0.006

Central

28.0

366

24.9

 

Eastern

26.3

344

34.4

 

Northern

19.2

251

26.0

 

Western

26.4

346

20.7

 

Residence

   

0.262

Urban

16.4

214

23.0

 

Rural

83.6

1093

27.2

 

Age at first sex

   

0.038

18+

29.9

391

20.8

 

<14

22.8

298

29.2

 

15-17

47.3

618

28.8

 

Current marital status

   

0.119

Married

55.3

723

24.4

 

Cohabiting

44.7

584

29.1

 

Duration of union in years

   

0.537

0-4

24.1

315

22.3

 

5-9

20.8

272

27.5

 

10-14

18.7

244

27.6

 

15-19

15.3

199

26.3

 

20+

21.2

277

29.5

 

Parity

   

0.297

0

6.7

87

19.7

 

1-4

50.0

653

25.3

 

5+

43.4

567

29.0

 

Women’s education level

   

0.017

No education

17.0

222

24.1

 

Primary

60.1

785

29.9

 

Secondary

22.9

299

19.5

 

Wealth index

   

0.105

Poorest

18.6

243

30.3

 

Poorer

19.9

260

29.3

 

Middle

20.1

262

28.1

 

Richer

19.5

255

26.9

 

Richest

21.9

287

19.0

 

Woman’s father ever beat her mother

   

0.004

No

43.0

562

22.1

 

Yes

45.9

600

31.7

 

Don’t know

11.1

144

22.2

 

Women’s occupation

   

0.056

Not working

23.7

310

24.3

 

Professional/technical/managerial

4.0

52

9.1

 

Agriculture

53.4

698

28.5

 

Sales

18.9

247

27.5

 

Woman owns house alone or jointly

   

0.402

No

42.7

558

25.1

 

Yes

57.3

749

27.6

 

Woman decides alone or jointly on:

    

Spending her income

   

0.406

No

56.2

734

25.4

 

Yes

43.8

573

27.9

 

Her own healthcare

   

0.506

No

40.8

533

27.7

 

Yes

59.2

774

25.7

 

Large household purchases

   

0.402

No

43.8

572

27.9

 

Yes

56.2

735

25.4

 

Visits to family

   

0.177

No

42.4

555

28.9

 

Yes

57.6

752

24.8

 

What to do with partner’s income

   

0.003

No

54.3

710

30.6

 

Yes

45.7

597

21.7

 

Beating justified if wife:

    

Goes out without telling husband

   

0.457

No

59.1

772

25.6

 

Yes

40.9

535

27.8

 

Neglects the children

   

0.021

No

52.3

683

23.3

 

Yes

47.7

624

30.1

 

Argues with husband

   

0.014

No

69.8

912

24.1

 

Yes

30.2

395

32.1

 

Refuses to have sex with husband

   

0.863

No

76.2

996

26.4

 

Yes

23.8

311

27.0

 

Burns the food

   

0.046

No

85.0

1112

25.4

 

Yes

15.0

195

33.1

 

Total

100.0

1307

26.5