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Table 2 Prevalence of experience of lifetime physical IPV among adolescent girls and young women by demographic, behavioural, social and health related variables, South Africa 2017

From: Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence among the adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: findings the 2017 population based cross-sectional survey

Variables

Intimate partner violence (IPV)

 

Na

%

95% CI

p-value

Age groups in years

 15–19

224

14.2

6.9–27.1

0.766

 20–24

492

12.7

9.1–17.4

Race groups

 African

594

13.8

9.9–19.0

0.091

 other

122

7.7

4.1–14.0

Marital status

 Married

32

3.6

0.8–13.8

0.039

 Never married

681

13.7

10.0–18.6

Education level

 No education/Primary

34

17.0

6.7–36.8

0.194

 Secondary

356

17.8

12.5–24.5

 Tertiary

38

4.9

0.8–25.8

Employment status

 Not employed

616

13.8

9.9–19.0

0.223

 Employed

95

7.9

3.2–18.2

Asset based SESb

 Low SES

374

14.3

9.8–20.3

0.464

 HIGH SES

286

10.9

5.7–19.9

Locality type

 Urban

392

14.0

9.2–20.7

0.580

 Rural informal (tribal areas)

253

10.8

6.6–16.9

 Rural (farm areas)

71

14.8

7.1–28.2

AUDIT scorec

 abstainers

477

11.10

7.7–15.8

0.523

 low risk drinkers (1–7)

101

15.2

7.9–27.2

 high risk drinkers (8–19)

46

14.9

4.2–41.2

 hazardous drinkers (20+)

5

31.4

5.2–79.2

Orphanhood

 not orphan

188

18.0

9.2–32.3

0.037

 orphan

112

6.1

2.6–13.9

Psychological distress

 Absence

576

11.9

8.5–16.3

0.290

 Presence

137

17.9

8.8–32.9

 
  1. aSubtotals do not all equal to the total (N) due to non-response and / or missing data, bsocio-economic status, (SES), calcohol risk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)