Table 3 The associations between experience of intimate partner violence during the past 12 months and socio-demographic characteristics among ever-partnered women in Mwanza, Tanzania
Physical and/or sexual violence | Physical violence | Sexual violence | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Percent | Exact 95% CI | Percent | Exact 95% CI | Percent | Exact 95% CI | ||||
Age | ||||||||||
Less than 30 yrs | 143 | 42.0 | 33.8 | 50.5 | 31.5 | 24.0 | 39.8 | 25.2 | 18.3 | 33.1 |
30–34 yrs | 150 | 35.3 | 27.7 | 43.5 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 35.9 | 22.7 | 16.2 | 30.2 |
35–39 yrs | 234 | 28.2 | 22.5 | 34.4 | 20.9 | 15.9 | 26.7 | 17.9 | 13.3 | 23.5 |
40–49 yrs | 331 | 23.3 | 18.8 | 28.2 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 19.4 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 19.1 |
50+ yrs | 163 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 14.7 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
Level of education | ||||||||||
No formal education | 59 | 27.1 | 16.4 | 40.3 | 18.6 | 9.7 | 30.9 | 16.9 | 8.4 | 29.0 |
Primary | 738 | 27.9 | 24.7 | 31.3 | 20.5 | 17.6 | 23.6 | 17.5 | 14.8 | 20.4 |
Secondary | 200 | 23.0 | 17.4 | 29.5 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 21.3 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 20.2 |
Post-secondary education | 24 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 32.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 21.1 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 32.4 |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Married/living with man as if married | 743 | 30.6 | 27.3 | 34.0 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 25.8 | 19.2 | 16.5 | 22.3 |
Divorced/separated | 151 | 17.9 | 12.1 | 24.9 | 13.2 | 8.3 | 19.7 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 16.6 |
Widowed | 100 | 9.0 | 4.2 | 16.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 15.2 |
Never married | 27 | 29.6 | 13.8 | 50.2 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 33.7 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 33.7 |
Monthly earningsa | ||||||||||
No personal earnings | 31 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 41.1 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 25.8 | 16.1 | 5.5 | 33.7 |
Less than USD 60 | 247 | 33.2 | 27.4 | 39.4 | 26.3 | 20.9 | 32.3 | 20.2 | 15.4 | 25.8 |
USD 60 to 179 | 303 | 26.1 | 21.2 | 31.4 | 18.8 | 14.6 | 23.7 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 21.2 |
USD 180 to 499 | 165 | 17.6 | 12.1 | 24.3 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 18.1 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 18.1 |
above USD 500 | 252 | 25.8 | 20.5 | 31.7 | 17.9 | 13.3 | 23.2 | 14.7 | 10.6 | 19.7 |
Don’t know earnings | 23 | 39.1 | 19.7 | 61.5 | 17.4 | 5.0 | 38.8 | 39.1 | 19.7 | 61.5 |
Partner’s age | ||||||||||
Less than 30 yrs | 36 | 33.3 | 18.6 | 51.0 | 25.0 | 12.1 | 42.2 | 19.4 | 8.2 | 36.0 |
30–34 yrs | 80 | 47.5 | 36.2 | 59.0 | 38.8 | 28.1 | 50.3 | 27.5 | 18.1 | 38.6 |
35–39 yrs | 148 | 35.8 | 28.1 | 44.1 | 25.7 | 18.9 | 33.5 | 25.0 | 18.3 | 32.8 |
40–49 yrs | 343 | 28.0 | 23.3 | 33.1 | 20.4 | 16.3 | 25.1 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 20.0 |
50+ yrs | 329 | 17.3 | 13.4 | 21.9 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 16.5 |
Don’t know | 85 | 17.6 | 10.2 | 27.4 | 12.9 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 20.6 |
Partner’s education | ||||||||||
No formal education | 16 | 43.8 | 19.8 | 70.1 | 31.3 | 11.0 | 58.7 | 25.0 | 7.3 | 52.4 |
Primary | 567 | 29.5 | 25.7 | 33.4 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 26.1 | 18.9 | 15.7 | 22.3 |
Secondary | 316 | 24.1 | 19.4 | 29.2 | 15.8 | 12.0 | 20.3 | 14.6 | 10.9 | 18.9 |
Post-secondary education | 85 | 20.0 | 12.1 | 30.1 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 20.6 | 12.9 | 6.6 | 22.0 |
Don’t know | 37 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 25.4 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 18.2 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 21.9 |
Respondent’s number of children under 18 years | ||||||||||
No children | 73 | 16.4 | 8.8 | 27.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 6.8 | 23.8 |
1 Child | 151 | 23.2 | 16.7 | 30.7 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 9.9 | 22.0 |
2 Children | 192 | 25.5 | 19.5 | 32.3 | 19.8 | 14.4 | 26.1 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 21.0 |
3 Children | 225 | 31.6 | 25.5 | 38.1 | 23.1 | 17.8 | 29.2 | 20.9 | 15.8 | 26.8 |
4 Children | 170 | 25.9 | 19.5 | 33.1 | 18.8 | 13.2 | 25.5 | 14.1 | 9.3 | 20.3 |
5 or more children | 210 | 28.6 | 22.6 | 35.2 | 23.3 | 17.8 | 29.6 | 18.1 | 13.1 | 24.0 |
Socio-economic status quintileb | ||||||||||
1st | 192 | 29.7 | 23.3 | 36.7 | 21.9 | 16.2 | 28.4 | 20.3 | 14.9 | 26.7 |
2nd | 174 | 32.8 | 25.8 | 40.3 | 24.1 | 18.0 | 31.2 | 21.8 | 15.9 | 28.7 |
3rd | 209 | 19.6 | 14.5 | 25.7 | 12.9 | 8.7 | 18.2 | 13.9 | 9.5 | 19.3 |
4th | 198 | 26.8 | 20.7 | 33.5 | 20.7 | 15.3 | 27.0 | 13.1 | 8.8 | 18.6 |
5th | 194 | 24.2 | 18.4 | 30.9 | 18.0 | 12.9 | 24.2 | 12.9 | 8.5 | 18.4 |
Unknown | 54 | 29.6 | 18.0 | 43.6 | 13.0 | 5.4 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 15.0 | 39.7 |