Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care

Table 4 Prevalence of IPV during recent pregnancy by maternal and new born health outcomes

			Low birth weight (N = 2007)
	Total abused		No (n = 1834)		Yes (173)
	N	%	n	%	n	%	Sig (p-value)
Emotional IPV	880	43.85	785	42.80	95	54.91	0.002
Physical IPV	319	15.89	284	15.49	35	20.23	0.10
Sexual IPV	782	38.96	709	38.66	73	42.20	0.36
Sexual/Physical IPV	928	46.24	842	45.91	86	49.71	0.34
Forced First Sex	305	15.24	273	14.93	32	18.6	0.199
Any recent negative outcome LBW, premature baby, c-section)
	Total abused	No (1818)		Yes (188)			Sig (p-value)
	N	%	n	%	n	%
Emotional IPV	881	43.79	756	42.93	125	49.8	0.04
Physical IPV	317	15.76	274	15.56	43	17.13	0.522
Sexual IPV	781	38.82	689	39.13	92	36.65	0.452
Sexual/Physical IPV	926	46.02	817	46.39	109	43.43	0.377
Forced First Sex	313	15.6	271	15.43	42	16.8	0.577
	Hospitalisation (N = 1974)
	Total abused		No (n = 1825)		Yes (n = 149)
	N	%	n	%	n	%	Sig (p-value)
Emotional IPV	866	43.87	798	43.56	71	47.65	0.333
Physical IPV	307	15.55	287	15.73	20	13.42	0.456
Sexual IPV	772	39.11	721	39.51	51	34.23	0.204
Sexual/Physical IPV	912	46.2	852	46.68	60	40.27	0.131
Forced First Sex	294	14.94	273	15.01	21	14.09	0.763

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