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Table 2 Intimate partner violence experience and participant characteristics by pregnancy intention, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2016

From: The mediation effect of contraceptive use and women’s autonomy on the relationship between intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia

Variable

Class

Total weighted sample (n = 2969)

Pregnancy intention

Intended (n = 2181)

Unintendeda (n = 788)

P-Value*

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

Physical IPV

No

2226 (75.0)

1659 (76.1)

567 (72.0)

0.143

Yes

743 (25.0)

522 (23.9)

221 (28.0)

Sexual IPV

No

2615 (88.1)

1959 (89.8)

656 (83.2)

0.001

Yes

354 (11.9)

222 (10.2)

132 (16.8)

Emotional IPV

No

2285 (77.0)

1723 (79.0)

562 (71.3)

0.006

Yes

684 (23.0)

458 (21.0)

226 (28.7)

Partner controlling

No

1293 (43.6)

979 (44.9)

314 (39.8)

0.114

Yes

1676 (56.4)

1202 (55.1)

474 (60.2)

IPVb

No

1909 (64.3)

1454 (66.6)

455 (57.7)

0.004

Yes

1060 (35.7)

727 (33.4)

333 (42.3)

IPV (all)c

No

1059 (35.7)

801 (36.7)

257 (32.7)

0.211

Yes

1910 (64.3)

1380 (63.3)

531 (67.3)

Contraception use

No

2256 (76.0)

1625 (74.5)

631 (80.1)

0.029

Yes

713 (24.0)

556 (25.5)

157 (19.9)

Decision making autonomy

No

1083 (36.5)

727 (33.3)

356 (45.2)

<0.001

Yes

1886 (63.5)

1454 (66.7)

432 (54.8)

Current age

15–19

158 (5.3)

120 (5.5)

38 (4.8)

0.007

20–24

548 (18.5)

432 (19.8)

116 (14.7)

25–29

838 (28.2)

642 (29.4)

197 (25.0)

30–34

678 (22.9)

489 (22.4)

189 (24.0)

35–39

472 (15.9)

329 (15.1)

143 (18.2)

40–44

205 (6.9)

131 (6.0)

74 (9.4)

45–49

69 (2.3)

37 (1.7)

32 (4.1)

Educational status

No formal education

1866 (62.9)

1372 (62.9)

494 (62.7)

0.536

Primary

813 (27.4)

585 (26.8)

228 (29.0)

Secondary+

290 (9.8)

224 (10.3)

66 (8.4)

Religion

Christian

1812 (61.0)

1335 (61.2)

477 (60.5)

0.730

Muslim

1089 (36.7)

801 (36.7)

289 (36.7)

Other

68 (2.3)

45 (2.1)

22 (2.8)

Rurality

Urban

379 (12.8)

287 (13.2)

92 (11.7)

0.475

Rural

2589 (87.2)

1894 (86.8)

696 (88.3)

Region of residence

Tigray

198 (6.7)

158 (7.2)

40 (5.1)

<0.001¥

Afar

28 (0.9)

25 (1.1)

3 (0.4)

Amhara

666 (22.4)

494 (22.7)

172 (21.9)

Oromia

1222 (41.2)

869 (39.8)

353 (44.8)

Somali

104 (3.5)

101 (4.6)

3 (0.4)

Benishangul

31 (1.0)

26 (1.2)

5 (0.6)

SNNPR

629 (21.2)

444 (20.4)

185 (23.5)

Gambela

8 (0.3)

6 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

Harari

6 (0.2)

5 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

Addis Ababa

66 (2.2)

45 (2.1)

21 (2.6)

Dire Dawa

12 (0.4)

9 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

Number of children ever born

One or less

606 (20.4)

486 (22.3)

120 (15.3)

<0.001

Two-three

875 (29.5)

682 (31.2)

193 (24.5)

Four or more

1488 (50.1)

1014 (46.5)

474 (60.2)

Wealth index

Poorest

633 (21.3)

476 (21.8)

157 (19.9)

0.181

Poorer

638 (21.5)

449 (20.6)

189 (24.0)

Middle

658 (22.2)

506 (23.2)

152 (19.3)

Richer

550 (18.5)

383 (17.5)

167 (21.2)

Richest

490 (16.5)

367 (16.8)

123 (15.6)

  1. aThe prevalence of unintended pregnancy was 788(26.5% (95%CI: 24.2–28.9%)); *P-value was based on chi-squared test; IPV intimate partner violence; b‘Yes’ if women reported experiencing physical, sexual or emotional abuse; c‘Yes’ if women reported experiencing at least one of the four IPV forms; SNNPR Southern Nations, Nationals and Peoples Region; ¥P-value was based on Fisher’s exact test. All the weighted numbers and percentages are rounded