Does sexual Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) increase risk of multiple high-risk fertility behaviours in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey 2015–16

Table 2 Prevalence of multiple high-risk fertility behaviours by socioeconomic characteristics

Variables	Any multiple high-risk fertility behaviours		p-value
Variables	No	Yes	p-value
Sexual IPV
No	87.9	12.2	< 0.001
Yes	82.8	17.2	< 0.001
Age group
15–24	96.5	3.6	< 0.001
25–49	82.8	17.2	< 0.001
Women education
No education	73.9	26.1	< 0.001
Primary	86.5	13.5
Secondary	93.0	7.0
Higher	96.1	3.9
Residence
Urban	91.4	8.6	< 0.001
Rural	85.8	14.2	< 0.001
Caste
Schedule caste & Tribes	85.3	14.7	< 0.001
Others caste	88.5	11.5	< 0.001
Religion
Hindu	88.6	11.4	< 0.001
Muslim	79.9	20.1
Others	90.1	9.9
Wealth
Poorer	76.2	23.8	< 0.001
Poor	85.5	14.5
Middle	90.8	9.2
Richer	93.4	6.6
Richest	94.1	5.9
Contraception usage
Not using	82.6	17.4	< 0.001
Using	93.6	6.4	< 0.001
Age at first sex
< 18 years	83.9	16.1	< 0.001
≥18 years	89.5	10.5	< 0.001
Age at first marriage
< 18 years	84.7	15.3	< 0.001
≥ 18 years	89	11.0	< 0.001
Bank account
No	86.2	13.8	< 0.001
Yes	88.8	11.2	< 0.001
Mobile phone
No	83.9	16.1	< 0.001
Yes	91.0	9.0	< 0.001
Total	19,893 (87.5)	3704 (12.5)

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