Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of dependent, main predictor and control variables
Bolivia 2008 (N = 3586) | Colombia 2010 (N = 9955) | Peru 2012 (N = 6260) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%)a | Mean | SD | N (%)a | Mean | SD | N (%)a | Mean | SD | ||
Dependent variable | ||||||||||
Illness signs | No | 1796 (50.1) | 5051 (45.2) | 3407 (54.4) | ||||||
Yes | 1790 (49.9) | 6128 (54.8) | 2853 (45.6) | |||||||
Main predictor variables | ||||||||||
Experienced any IPV past 12 months by current partner | No | 2201 (61.4) | 6040 (60.7) | 4824 (77.1) | ||||||
Yes | 1385 (38.6) | 3915 (39.3) | 1436 (22.9) | |||||||
Ever experienced any IPV by current partner | No | NA | 5418 (54.4) | 3670 (58.6) | ||||||
Yes | 4537 (45.6) | 2590 (41.4) | ||||||||
Severe physical punishment of child | No | 2997 (83.6) | 7680 (77.1) | 4264 (68.1) | ||||||
Yes | 586 (16.3) | 2275 (22.9) | 1996 (31.9) | |||||||
Missing | 3 | |||||||||
Control variable | ||||||||||
Maternal age | 15–49 | 3586 | 25.19 | 5.479 | 9955 | 27.95 | 6.825 | 6260 | 29.99 | 6.946 |