Table 3

Crude ORs of any intimate partner violence by demographic characteristics among 3737 currently married or living with partner and selected for domestic violence module, 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys

N(%)Any IPV (n=1197)Any IPV in the last 12 months (n=910)
n(%)OR (95% CI)n(%)OR (95% CI)
Age (years)
 25–392304(61.7)745(62.2)Ref.576(63.3)Ref.
 15–24794(21.2)215(18)0.77 (0.65 to 0.93)171(18.8)0.82 (0.68 to 1.0)
 40–49639(17.1)237(19.8)1.23 (1.03 to 1.48)163(17.9)1.03 (0.84 to 1.25)
Religion
 Non Muslim3204(91.2)1092(2.4)Ref.844(92.7)Ref.
 Muslim533(14.3)105(8.8)0.40 (0.24 to 0.67)66(7.3)0.50 (0.33 to 0.76)
Residence
 Urban1353(36.2)381(31.8)Ref.300(33)Ref.
 Rural2384(63.8)816(68.2)1.33 (1.15 to 1.54)610(67)1.21 (1.03 to 1.41)
Currently working
 No1365(36.5)349(29.2)Ref.273(30)Ref.
 Yes2372(63.5)816(68.2)1.62 (1.40 to 1.88)637(70)1.47 (1.25 to 1.73)
Education level
 No education656(17.6)196(16.4)Ref.142(23.4)Ref.
 Primary1993(53.3)742(62)1.39 (1.15 to 1.69)559(29.3)1.41 (1.15 to 1.75)
 Secondary817(21.9)222(18.5)0.88 (0.70 to 1.10)183(39.7)1.04 (0.82 to 1.34)
 Higher271(7.3)37(3.1)0.37 (0.25 to 0.54)26(2.9)0.38 (0.24 to 0.59)
  • IPV, intimate partner violence.