Partners’ controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence among married women in Uganda

BMC Public Health

Allen Kabagenyi¹  Patricia Ndugga¹  Betty Kwagala¹  Stephen Ojiambo Wandera¹ 

[1] Centre for Population and Applied Statistics, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

关键词: Uganda;    Controlling behaviors;    Alcohol;    Empowerment;    Intimate sexual partner violence;   

Others  :  1134563
DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1564-1

 received in 2014-09-06, accepted in 2015-02-17,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Studies on the association between partners’ controlling behaviors and intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) in Uganda are limited. The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between IPSV and partners’ controlling behaviors among married women in Uganda.

Methods

We used the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) data, and selected a weighted sample of 1,307 women who were in a union, out of those considered for the domestic violence module. We used chi-squared tests and multivariable logistic regressions to investigate the factors associated with IPSV, including partners’ controlling behaviors.

Results

More than a quarter (27%) of women who were in a union in Uganda reported IPSV. The odds of reporting IPSV were higher among women whose partners were jealous if they talked with other men (OR = 1.81; 95% CI: 1.22-2.68), if their partners accused them of unfaithfulness (OR = 1.50; 95% CI: 1.03-2.19) and if their partners did not permit them to meet with female friends (OR = 1.63; 95% CI: 1.11-2.39). The odds of IPSV were also higher among women whose partners tried to limit contact with their family (OR = 1.73; 95% CI: 1.11-2.67) and often got drunk (OR = 1.80; 95% CI: 1.15-2.81). Finally, women who were sometimes or often afraid of their partners (OR = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.21-2.60 and OR = 1.56; 95% CI: 1.04-2.40 respectively) were more likely to report IPSV.

Conclusion

In Uganda, women’s socio-economic and demographic background and empowerment had no mitigating effect on IPSV in the face of their partners’ dysfunctional behaviors. Interventions addressing IPSV should place more emphasis on reducing partners’ controlling behaviors and the prevention of problem drinking.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Wandera et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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